Heldentenorn.
/ˈhɛldəntɛˈnɔː/ A powerful tenor voice suited to the singing of heroic roles in opera; a person with such a voice.
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1926 Times 18 May 6/3 Herr Melchior..has..the physical energy of voice and action which is the essential qualification of the helden tenor.
1931 Gramophone Suppl. Oct. 16/1 A Heldentenor whose career..has been almost exclusively restricted to the embodiment of Wagner's greatest heroes.
1947 N. Cardus Autobiogr. iii. 234 A fearsome imitation of the latest Heldentenor at Covent Garden.
1962 J. B. Priestley Margin Released iii. iii. 175 The help he gave the Heldentenor Melchior.
1962 Listener 5 Apr. 617/1 Mr Thomas has the commanding quality of a real Heldentenor, not a pushed-up baritone as are many Wagnerian tenors.
1973 Times 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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