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heroic tenor

British  

noun

  1. a tenor with a dramatic voice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He is a strong but not heroic tenor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2021

Eyvazov’s goals for his future include more heroic tenor parts in the Italian repertoire but also his first Rodolfo in Puccini’s “La Boheme,” a more lyrical role he hopes to sing at the Met.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2019

Mr. Gedda originally aspired to be a “heldentenor,” or a heroic tenor in the full-throated Wagnerian tradition, but he didn’t have the voice for it.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2017

It’s not a leap, Botstein adds, from the image of the heroic tenor to the authoritarian strongman.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2016

The only singers who never did anything but sing, were the two "dramatic" sopranos, the first contralto, and the heroic tenor and baritone.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Kathleen Howard

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