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  1. adj. music Of, pertaining or proper to the tenor voice

Etymologies

  1. tenor +‎ -ial (Wiktionary)

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  • “Mr. Domingo, still in astonishingly robust voice, dominated his scenes; Mr. Castronovo, in a more lyric tenorial vein, brought both passion and restraint to Mario, and seemed to be singing in a different opera.”

    The Wall Street Journal: When Postman and Poet Meet

  • “OK, that's an exaggeration, but the singer's dusky voice plays tricks on you before you realize his brighter tenorial overtones barely trump their subterranean brethren for ultimate categorization.”

    The Huffington Post: Rodney Punt: Jonas Kaufmann Triumphs in Lieder Recital for LA Opera

  • “(Next month: the tenorial high-maintenance gloss of hollandaise sauce.) posted by Matthew @ 3: 05 PM”

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  • “And if the last-minute Mario Cavaradossi of Ian DeNolfo was as woefully short on any sense of a musically shaped line as he was long on a genuine tenorial ring, that didn't matter much.”

    Not to Worry, Opera Fans-Cooperstown's in Fine Shape

  • “In Boccanegra he had more opportunity to exploit his incomparable stage presence, offering his now familiar tenorial take on the baritone title role.”

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  • “Mr. Storey possesses a youthful voice of great strength and beauty that he used with considerable artistry throughout this daunting tenorial escapade.”

    Opera Today

  • “The role of Johnson gives him ample opportunities to luxuriate in tenorial top notes and unleash impassioned phrases.”

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  • “Until then, the young Catalonian - who included among his heroes Mario Lanza and Enrico Caruso - was gradually challenging the tenorial supremacy of Pavarotti and Domingo.”

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  • “Nemorino, Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas, downed his two bottles and never faltered from consummate Italian tenorial schooling, even while dancing the two step, a tango or the doing the Lindy.”

    Opera Today

  • “When Peter Seiffert made his 2004 Met debut in the title role of Wagner's Tannhäuser, the New York Times reported that he "has plenty of Wagnerian power and, rarer, a true tenorial cast to his sound.”

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