It's so weird how he doesn't just hit the notes but his voice changes and he actually sounds like a woman. ~:~

That Raoul turn got me

this depresses me because a man can hit such high notes and i cant omfg

The Phantom Of The Opera key change thing between Carlotta and Christine ALWAYS got me too!

Here after seeing him in Chicago. What I wouldn't give to relive the moment in "razzle dazzle" over and over again.

People believe me because I hang out with musicians who know, but I agree with Seth. It drives me crazy!!! The conductor had never heard her sing before and yet he AND the entire orchestra magically knew to transpose it? Sketchy...

This guy is majorly talented

Beautiful high baritone and very lovely countertenor. So much entertainment to see this spin on this duet.

I'm a really low alto, and I always sang (and still sing) male solo's for auditions. Kinda jealous of this man and his beautiful voice

As a male singer, I can tell you that with a lot of practise, this crazy high, dramatic extension is totally achievable. It's tough, but you just gotta go for it.

i got to see/hear him in chicago over the summer. OMG! this guy is frickin awesome!

He doesn't have that counter-tenor color in his sound, even the timbre is of a perfect soprano. And the control, the coloraturas, the crescendos and decrescendos... Wow.

Just saw him in Chicago on Broadway. Astonishing! And what's here is even more so. Awesome that he can literally play both parts in the Phantom. Super talented and glad I had the pleasure of seeing him live.

That was the best thing I have ever seen from a broadway actor. my god that was amazing!!

That? Was completely mind blowing!!! I am so impressed and SHOCKED. Yay!!! Bravo/a!

Brava/o!!!!

My reaction to this performance: Whoa. Wow. OH MY GOSH. HOLY HECK. GOLLY GOSH DARN. Wow.

He has a beautiful higher voice! I prefer it over his lower register! Awesome singer!

Anyone else gets chills over their whole body?

Castrati roles are now often sung by a Countertenor or a Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto. Search for Philippe Jarrousky or Xavier Sabata.

Absolutely astonishing!

It's called Countertenor

Absolutely phenomenal!

YUUUSSSS!! Thank you for addressing the POTO transposition! And it doesn't need much more than a sassy eyeroll or judgey stare. But ACKNOWLEDGE IT!!!

10/10 would *TOTALLY* go see him as Christine.

His voice is amazing! And he recently celebrated his 18th year of playing Mary Sunshine! At the risk of being that person, I think he's not a sopranista, but rather he is a mezzista. He has a sweet, warm timbre and the way that he trills is more indicative of a mezzo. Also, he says that he has to push to reach a high C, and a sopranista shouldn't have to push. For an example of a sopranista, look up Alan Richardson.

He is my dads good friend and I met him backstage of Chicago on Broadway (he has been Mary sunshine for 15 years) he is so funny and awesome

Just saw him in Chicago last night. My God what a talent.

OMG...and the tone is so PURE amazing voice amazing voice!!!

I am impressed with his voice. Bravo

WOW! Truly amazing!

OMG he is amazing!

Bravo!!!! Beautiful voice!!!

absolutely amazing.

That was amazing!

Made my day.

Brilliant! That is so much fun. And pretty! Applause from me.

This is a real thing and it is almost like a head voice but much much stronger and powerful. I know because I am one lol I tried singing an opera song and it came out not in a falsetto but a strong high voice if that makes sense. It takes a lot of breath and I'm nowhere near this guy but it's real!!!!

Crazy good talent

Whoa, even after hearing them talk about his unusually high voice I was amazed when that came out. Totally amazing.

My bro at his best. Proud of u bro! :-)

those note was fucking huge.

3:12 I knew that, yet nobody believed me!! Thank you so much!

What!? How....? I was waiting for a woman to come out from behind the curtain!

Wow ❤️

Sigh... I think I am in love. I wonder if Ryan knows my friend Varla Jean Merman?

Really good

AHMAZING.

actually just to make it clear, the only time the vocal folds aren't ripple-waving is when air is blown past them without any closing muscles being engaged. The falsetto position is actually when the cricothyroid muscle is engaged solely, making the folds at their most taut position, thus creating a "less-full" sound. Counter-tenors sing with a longer vocal-fold position but with increased mass and subglottal pressure to supply body and core to the sound. I just needed to clear that up.

I think I'm in love....

He is singing in a high head voice, but technically it isn't falsetto, that's way you can hear it different, because his vocal chords are actually vibrating which doesn't happen when singing in falsetto register.

yes, I agree with you the vocal chords produce the sound (it can only be produced by them) i never said they didn't, what I meant is that when sounds are produced in falsetto they aren't as full, rich or resonant as when produced when the chords are vibrating, in falsetto the chords are more relaxed, the chords don't vibrate they produce the sound differently, whit less air pressure, that's why falsetto sounds thiner and more fragile, and is not the case of Ryan Lowe he is a countertenor.

@eustazio Nick Pitera is one of my favorites!

Ryan is so great at counter tenor. So cute

HOLY CRAP

HOLY SHIT THIS MAN IS TALENTED AF

I wasn’t readyyyyyyy Lmaoooo

I'm amazed they don't know the term countertenor. Just saw Chanticleer last week. They categorize their (6 of 12 singers) countertenors into alto and soprano.

oh my god is this real

Oh my goodness.

How long has he been in Chicago now? He’s still in it right?!

W H A T unbelievable

Best Christine!

omg!

He's still in Chicago. Is his role as Mary Sunshine a record or something??!

I met him. What the heck. I met him?! He's amazing.

It’s so weird the tempo it’s bad but he’s such a good singer.

The actual term for "Male soprano" is Countertenor

He and Nick Pitera have to do a video collab!

He could be very good doing Handel's Gulio Cesare

Im not alone! I can do this

@eustazio I think falsetto is too negative a term to use to describe Ryan's higher voice. I like what puccinilover used, "head" voice. There is nothing false about Ryan's voice and it is full sounding too. Most people use "falsetto" because they base it on the note being sung (e.g. it has to be falsetto because it is too high for a male). I'd suggest in using scientific methods to ascertain whether it is falsetto or not.

@mradaChris i'm a countertenor. my falsetto is full, but it's that... falsetto. i can do the same note in plain voice and it has been proven scientifically that the vibration of the chords is different (not the whole chords are engaged). where you place the resonance is another story, but until you show me a guy, untouched, with an endoscope showing he's using full voice on soprano notes, it is *falsetto*. girls using head voice have the whole chords vibrating. period...

LOVE.

Jimmy Sommerville's voice is falsetto, too.

My goodness! For a moment I was certain he was lip syncing! This is impressive!

Soprano in the form of the show. If you see him in Chicago you'll know that it's soprano.

FUCK ME!!!!!!! THAT was AMAZING!!!!!!

#countertenor ❤❤

High male voices are often called counter tenors :)

my god seth if you don't know about countertenors, believe me you will have lots of new obssessions when you start youtubing them!

at 5:38, I think my glass window cracked....

It is like drinking clear pepsi

Its called a counter-tenor

Alright, that's just freaky

oh..shit..

He’s got a cute laugh

I thought he was lip syncing for half a second. Woah!

@eustazio Well I think that women and men make the same vocal productions regardless. So there would be a falsetto for women and head voice for men. Vocals are only different in length. I think using scientific methods is the way to go. I have yet to find an adequate video showing the difference between a falsetto voice and a non-falsetto voice. I'd love to hear your full falsetto voice and analyze it with a spectral analyzer.

He's adorable, but it's so wrong to have both those arms and THAT voice.

I'm pretty sure that if all persons to comment on this video thus far commented without a mind-set involving self-obsession with their own flawed intelligence on the subject of the male voice.... There would be zero comments on this video...

@spazzylunchbox Nick Pitera puts Nick Pitera to shame.

Its called countertenor, I know because I am one. Handel, Mozart, and several other composers have written many operas for Men with voices as such.

I'm not really certain about the mechanics of falsetto, but if a falsetto singer's vocal chords aren't vibrating, then what exactly makes the pitch??? The mouth, the nose, the throat? Ridiculous the vocal chords are the only things that can make pitches. Without them, the falsetto would be a whisper, which is all air, no pitch. But there are pitches with falsetto, obviously.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

that awkward moment when Ryan Lowe can sing higher than you...

HOLLERING!

Yeah...no offense...it's definitely an exaggeration to say "most guys" can, eventually, hit these notes. Some, maybe, and that might still be a stretch.

bravA

Holy shit. I'm a girl and I can barely even hit that high.