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Special categories include the tenore di grazia (many Rossini roles); the lyric tenor (eg Alfredo in La Traviata); the halfway house of the lirico-spinto tenor (Cavaradossi in Tosca); spinto (Canio in Pagliacci); and – for the major Wagner roles – the Heldentenor.
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Ashley Holland as the father, Nicholas Phan as the favourite son? really had the measure of the vocal writing, which in the latter case demands almost Heldentenor credentials, but the joint forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus were magnificently focused and full-toned.
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Sometimes it's nice to be able to hear a Heldentenor of the first rank.
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Sometimes it's nice to be able to hear a Heldentenor of the first rank.
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I don't think a lyric tenor is the best choice or the original intent for Das Buch, though a Heldentenor with the ability to deal with the high end of the tessitura might be a little hard to find these days.
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I don't think a lyric tenor is the best choice or the original intent for Das Buch, though a Heldentenor with the ability to deal with the high end of the tessitura might be a little hard to find these days.
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James King sings Parsifal, as he did for Pierre Boulez in 1970, with the same echt-Heldentenor tone and phrasing that he had at his best.
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This has the singer doing more or less a recital of some major Wagner Heldentenor bits.
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He has a powerful voice, though not an outright Heldentenor, a smooth tone, and excellent German.
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James King sings Parsifal, as he did for Pierre Boulez in 1970, with the same echt-Heldentenor tone and phrasing that he had at his best.
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