Falsettist

An adult male singer with a voice that broke at puberty, as it should have done, who uses a singing-technique called "Falsetto"- (or False voice, to the non-singer), employing a very high, light, sweet-sounding, breathy quality, in order to sound like a woman, when he sings. Most such singers' Falsetto ranges are normally pretty much equivalent to a female Mezzo-soprano- (the middle female vocal-range), with regards to tessitura- (overall range), and timbre- (vocal sound-quality.) Not to be confused with the Countertenor, who's able to sing in the exact same vocal-range naturally, without having to put it on!

Well-known Falsettists include Phil Bailey from the Seventies band, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Barry Gibb from The Beegees.

Falsettist by Joe_Schmuck February 1, 2017

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Falsettos

An extremely funny musical with four (five) jews bitching in a room, a terrible psychiatrist, and seriously dysfunctional family relationships but oh no, people break up over chess, a kid hates his parents, racquetball happens, bar mitzvah shenanigans, oh and someone dies. And it will make you cry at some point; it's so good.

Did you see Falsettos? It's been revived on Broadway! Yeah, I was sobbing at the end

Falsettos by thewrites May 27, 2019