heldentenor

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English

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Etymology

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From German Heldentenor. Literally, hero tenor.

Noun

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heldentenor (plural heldentenors)

  1. A singer with a deep, strong voice that spans the range between baritone and tenor
    • 1988 October 21, George Grass, “WagnerVision”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      The absence of the Lyric's usual work-horse heldentenor William Johns (who, according to Lyric, dropped out of the show--quite uncharacteristically--due to illness) was sadly evident here.
    • 2004, Joe Queenan, True Believers, page 158:
      Over the course of his lifetime, he will be forced to endure ... precocious heldentenors [.]