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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

Soon it became impossible to be engaged as an "heroic tenor" without at least possessing the high B♭ in the chest tone.

From The Mechanism of the Human Voice by Behnke, Emil

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