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Have often wondered how present day environmental and technological changes have affected the natural demand of the Countertenor and the Coloratura. The rising interest in Early Music and Baroque lends itself to the need for these gifted individuals...
Definitions of Countertenor and Coloratura (Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music, 5th edition):
A Countertenor "as not (sic) to be confused with a male alto, falsetto, or 'Castrato'."
A Coloratura is "one whose voice is flexible enough to cope with the demands of elaborate and agile ornamentation in melody..."
Examples of musicians performing Baroque Ornamentation with its "runs, cadenzas, trills, roulade..." were featured in the 1994 film "Farinelli: Il Castrato"; with the angelic voices of Countertenor Derek Lee RAGIN and Coloratura Ewa GODLEWSKA.
Farinelli: Making Of (French Language)
Farinelli, or a comment on the recreating the voice of a castrato by fusion of timbres
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/misc/farinelli.htm
