Daniel Sullivan (died 1764) was an Irish

countertenor A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a s ...

, best known for his association with Georg Frideric Handel. He began his career in the early 1740s, working with John Frederick and Isabella Lampe and performing in a staging of John Lampe's ''The Dragon of Wantley'' at

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in 1743. In 1744, Sullivan first worked with Handel, singing in one of his Covent Garden oratorios in 1744.

References

*"Daniel Sullivan". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. 18th-century Irish male opera singers Countertenors 1764 deaths {{Opera-singer-stub