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Countertenor
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen is an American countertenor—a singer from Brooklyn, N.Y. How do you pronounce that first name? As he explained to me, think of three letters: R-E-A. “Ar-ee-é” (with the stress on the first syllable.) And his last name is not “Cohen” but “Nussbaum Cohen.” Delightful guy. Excellent conversationalist. I have sat down with him at the Salzburg Festival.
I begin by asking—for all our sakes—“What’s a countertenor?” I will give his answer in slight paraphrase:
In classical music, a countertenor is still a bit of a rarity, but in pop music, it’s something we’re completely used to…
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