Noun, : an uncomfortably high tessitura.    From Dictionary.com. 

A publicidade já faz parte da tessitura do nosso mundo de ideias.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leituras] Reference

Pl á cido said the same thing, that he has to work hard to sing the tessitura.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forthright Tenor] Reference

Source: CNA: Indagine sulle aziende artigiane di tessitura dell’area tessile pratese, 1981.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

CNA: Indagine sulle aziende artigiane di tessitura dell’area tessile pratese, Prato, 1981. 13.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

The tessitura of this line was typically high, one of the modern soprano (with some exceptions).    From Wordnik.com.  [Music on the Horizons] Reference

Source: CNA: Indagine sulle aziende agricole artigiane di tessitura dell’area tessile pratese, Prato.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

The tessitura " — the range most consistently exploited in a given piece of vocal music — " is not natural.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forthright Tenor] Reference

A soubrette voice is light with a bright, sweet timbre, a tessitura in the mid-range, and with no extensive coloratura.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of the Mouths of Babes] Reference

The Gloria has an unexpected amplitude; its greatly-extended tessitura demands a certain virtuosity from the two upper voices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

This collection of tessituras yields a total vocal tessitura of approximately 3 octaves achievable by the range of human voices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jean-Jacques Rousseau: champion of among other things, mezzos!] Reference

The baritone in particular coped manfully with a huge range of two octaves and some cruelly and I thought unnecessarily sustained high tessitura.    From Wordnik.com.  [Off sick] Reference

Tenor Robert Brubaker handled Mao's high tessitura impeccably, creating an indelible image of a ruthless, wily fighter, despite his age and decrepitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [Titans Shaking Hands, But Still Worlds Apart] Reference

Thus, modern mezzos/contraltos such as myself wrestle with the slightly-too-high tessitura of the dessus or the slightly-too-low tessitura of the alto (or haute-contre).    From Wordnik.com.  [Music on the Horizons] Reference

The given tessitura of a role, however, is an important element of the character portrayed, as is the tonal relationship between one piece and those around it in the score.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

The tessitura is higher and the breath less moist.    From Wordnik.com.  [CounterPunch] Reference

The rep had incredibly high tessitura (stayed up high).    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

Definitely by 2007-08 my voice settled into the mezzo tessitura.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opera Today] Reference

And if you're talking about pitch, you're also talking about tessitura.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewMusicBox] Reference

And if you're talking about tessitura, you're talking about instrumentation.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewMusicBox] Reference

One should never try to change the tessitura, or natural character of the voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing] Reference

Lance Ryan coped valiantly and well with the cruelly high tessitura of the tenor part.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

The tessitura generally insists on the middle register with frequent incursions towards the top, with many an exposed high C.    From Wordnik.com.  [parterre box] Reference

Soprano Lisa Cardwell Ponten handles the texts well (and a pretty large tessitura) with clear diction and a feel for the emotions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference

Luciano Botelho coped easily with the high tessitura of the role of Riccardo but disappeared when singing in unison with the soprano.    From Wordnik.com.  [parterre box] Reference

The intoxicatingly high tessitura conveys an irresistible lustiness in his songs and he caught that completely; the beauty was more elusive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

The tessitura of his voice was rather high for a broadcaster, which only made his success at captivating an audience all the more of an achievement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The composer’s command of tessitura is also in evidence here, as the soprano parts reach the highest pitch of the entire mass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference

Paul Chihara guessed that women’s voices are more flattering to compose for than men’s, that the high tessitura inevitably gives a score an extra measure of excitement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tanglewood Festival: Male Singers Need Not Apply - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I was struggling with the tessitura.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opera Today] Reference

Admission is free but tickets are required. https: / / www. omahaperformingarts.org / tessitura / production. aspx? perf = 3276.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secular Student Alliance: Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics & Others -] Reference