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Noun- The highest natural adult male voice suited to heroic roles.

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Usage examples (27)
  • I think I was probably wrong, talking about his Strauss disc the other day, to call him a 'heldentenor' - he may perhaps become one in time next decade's greatest...
  • It may not be ideally sized for a heldentenor, but it carried well enough.
  • Kaufmann outclasses all of his current competitors in the heldentenor stakes.
  • My argument is with "the rich, seemingly effortless baritonal heldentenor of Hans Hopf."
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