The highest male voice; in speaking and singing, countertenors have the normal range of a tenor, but are able, by singing in falsetto, to go higher, into the [contralto]/alto range, [mezzo-soprano] range, and, with [the great ones], into the soprano range.
They are usually assigned roles written originally for the castratos, yanking those roles away from the contraltos.

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