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‖ Heldentenor|ˈhɛldəntɛˈnɔə(r)|
[Ger.]
A powerful tenor voice suited to the singing of heroic roles in opera; a person with such a voice.
1926Times 18 May 6/3 Herr Melchior..has..the physical energy of voice and action which is the essential qualification of the helden tenor. 1931Gramophone Suppl. Oct. 16/1 A Heldentenor whose career..has been almost exclusively restricted to the embodiment of Wagner's greatest heroes. 1947N. Cardus Autobiogr. iii. 234 A fearsome imitation of the latest Heldentenor at Covent Garden. 1962J. B. Priestley Margin Released iii. iii. 175 The help he gave the Heldentenor Melchior. 1962Listener 5 Apr. 617/1 Mr Thomas has the commanding quality of a real Heldentenor, not a pushed-up baritone as are many Wagnerian tenors. 1973Times 20 Mar. 16/8 Mr Lauritz Melchior, whom English opera goers remember as the greatest Wagnerian Heldentenor of his generation between the wars, died in Santa Monica, California. |