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a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style> A tenor is a type of male <a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">singing</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_voice" title="Human voice">voice</a> whose <a href="/wiki/Vocal_range" title="Vocal range">vocal range</a> lies between the <a href="/wiki/Countertenor" title="Countertenor">countertenor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> <a href="/wiki/Voice_type" title="Voice type">voice types</a>. It is the highest male <a href="/wiki/Chest_voice" title="Chest voice">chest voice</a> type.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below middle C to the G above middle C (i.e. B2 to G4) in choral music, and from the second B flat below middle C to the C above middle C (B♭2 to C5) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Subtypes of tenor include the leggero tenor, lyric tenor, <a href="/wiki/Spinto" title="Spinto">spinto</a> tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or spieltenor. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Vocal_range">2 Vocal range</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#In_choral_music">3 In choral music</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Subtypes_and_roles_in_opera">4 Subtypes and roles in opera</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Leggero">4.1 Leggero</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Lyric">4.2 Lyric</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Spinto">4.3 Spinto</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Dramatic">4.4 Dramatic</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Heldentenor">4.5 Heldentenor</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Tenor_buffo_or_spieltenor">4.6 Tenor buffo or spieltenor</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Other_uses">5 Other uses</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#See_also">6 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#References">7 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#External_links">8 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> The name "tenor" derives from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> word <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teneo#Latin" class="extiw" title="wikt:teneo">tenere</a>, which means "to hold". As noted in the "Tenor" article at <a href="/wiki/Grove_Music_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Grove Music Online">Grove Music Online</a>: <blockquote>In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the [tenor was the] structurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that sang such parts.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></blockquote> All other voices were normally calculated in relation to the tenor, which often proceeded in longer note values and carried a borrowed <a href="/wiki/Cantus_firmus" title="Cantus firmus">Cantus firmus</a> melody. Until the late 16th-century introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Contratenor" class="mw-redirect" title="Contratenor">contratenor</a> singers, the tenor was usually the lowest voice, assuming the role of providing a foundation. It was also in the 18th century that "tenor" came to signify the male voice that sang such parts. Thus, for earlier repertoire, a line marked 'tenor' indicated the part's role, and not the required voice type; indeed, even as late as the eighteenth century, partbooks labelled 'tenor' might contain parts for a range of voice types.<a href="#cite_note-Stark-5">[5]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Vocal_range">Vocal range</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Vocal range" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg/400px-Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="49" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="152"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 400px;height: 49px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg/400px-Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg.png" data-width="400" data-height="49" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg/600px-Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg/800px-Tenor_voice_range_on_keyboard.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Tenor vocal range (C3–C5) notated on the <a href="/wiki/Treble_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Treble clef">treble</a> <a href="/wiki/Staff_(music)" title="Staff (music)">staff</a> (left) and on piano keyboard in green with dot marking middle C (C4). The numeral eight below the treble clef indicates that the pitches sound an octave lower than written: see <a href="/wiki/Clef#Octave_clefs" title="Clef">Clef#Octave clefs</a>. This is the standard clef for tenor parts in scores.</figcaption></figure> <table align="right"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/d/ldpdaj8wt9yqf083g3ptjoskq0on6zi/ldpdaj8w.midi"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/d/ldpdaj8wt9yqf083g3ptjoskq0on6zi/ldpdaj8w.png" width="84" height="64" alt="{ \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } \clef "treble_8" c4 c''4 }"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 84px;height: 64px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/d/ldpdaj8wt9yqf083g3ptjoskq0on6zi/ldpdaj8w.png" data-alt="{ \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } \clef "treble_8" c4 c''4 }" data-width="84" data-height="64"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> The <a href="/wiki/Vocal_range" title="Vocal range">vocal range</a> of the tenor is the highest of the male <a href="/wiki/Voice_type" title="Voice type">voice types</a>. Within <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a>, the lowest note in the standard tenor repertoire is widely defined to be B♭2. However, the role of Rodrigo di Dhu (written for <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Nozzari" title="Andrea Nozzari">Andrea Nozzari</a>) in Rossini's rarely performed <a href="/wiki/La_donna_del_lago" title="La donna del lago">La donna del lago</a> is defined as a tenor but requires an A♭2.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Within more frequently performed repertoire, <a href="/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen#List_of_characters" title="Der Ring des Nibelungen">Mime</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salome_(opera)" title="Salome (opera)">Herod</a> both call for an A2.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> A few tenor roles in the standard repertoire call for a "tenor C" (C5, one octave above middle C). Some, if not all, of the few top Cs in the standard operatic repertoire are either optional—such as in "<a href="/wiki/Che_gelida_manina" title="Che gelida manina">Che gelida manina</a>" in Puccini's <a href="/wiki/La_boh%C3%A8me" title="La bohème">La bohème</a>—or interpolated (added) by tradition, such as in "<a href="/wiki/Di_quella_pira" title="Di quella pira">Di quella pira</a>" from Verdi's <a href="/wiki/Il_trovatore" title="Il trovatore">Il trovatore</a>); however, the highest demanded note in the standard tenor operatic repertoire is D5, found in "<a href="/wiki/Mes_amis,_%C3%A9coutez_l%27histoire" title="Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire">Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire</a>"<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> from <a href="/wiki/Adolphe_Adam" title="Adolphe Adam">Adolphe Adam</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Le_postillon_de_Lonjumeau" title="Le postillon de Lonjumeau">Le postillon de Lonjumeau</a> and "Loin de son amie"<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> from Fromental Halévy's <a href="/wiki/La_Juive" title="La Juive">La Juive</a>). In the leggero repertoire, the highest note is F5 (Arturo in "Credeasi, misera" from <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini" title="Vincenzo Bellini">Bellini</a>'s <a href="/wiki/I_puritani" title="I puritani">I puritani</a>),<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> therefore, very few tenors have this role in their repertoire without transposition (given the raising of <a href="/wiki/Concert_pitch" title="Concert pitch">concert pitch</a> since its composition),<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> or resorting to <a href="/wiki/Falsetto" title="Falsetto">falsetto</a>. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="In_choral_music">In choral music</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In choral music" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"> In <a href="/wiki/SATB" title="SATB">SATB four-part mixed</a> chorus, the tenor is the second lowest vocal range, above the <a href="/wiki/Bass_(voice_type)" title="Bass (voice type)">bass</a> and below the <a href="/wiki/Alto" title="Alto">alto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">soprano</a>. <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_chorus" title="Men's chorus">Men's chorus</a> usually denotes an ensemble of <a href="/wiki/TTBB" title="TTBB">TTBB</a> in which the first tenor is the highest voice. Whilst certain choral music does require the first tenors to ascend the full tenor range, the majority of choral music places the tenors in the range from approximately B2 up to A4. The requirements of the tenor voice in choral music are also tied to the style of music most often performed by a given choir. Orchestral choruses typically call for tenors with fully resonant voices, but chamber or <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> choral music (choral music sung with no instrumental accompaniment) can rely on <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritones</a> singing in <a href="/wiki/Falsetto" title="Falsetto">falsetto</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Smith-14">[14]</a> Even so, one nearly ubiquitous facet of choral singing is the shortage of tenor voices.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Most men 18 and older tend to have baritone chest voices, and because of this, many men in choirs tend to prefer singing in the bass section (though true basses are even rarer than tenors). Many baritones sing tenor even if they are not able to cover the full range in only their chest voice, and sometimes contraltos sing the tenor part.<a href="#cite_note-Smith-14">[14]</a> In men's choruses that consist of four male vocal parts (TTBB; tenor 1, tenor 2, bass 1, bass 2), tenors will often sing both in chest voice and falsetto, extending the vocal range of the choir. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Subtypes_and_roles_in_opera">Subtypes and roles in opera</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subtypes and roles in opera" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> Within the tenor voice type category are seven generally recognized subcategories: leggero tenor, lyric tenor, <a href="/wiki/Spinto" title="Spinto">spinto</a> tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, Mozart tenor, and tenor buffo or spieltenor. There is considerable overlap between the various categories of role and of voice-type; some tenor singers have begun with lyric voices but have transformed with time into spinto or even dramatic tenors. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leggero">Leggero</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leggero" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Also known as the <a href="/wiki/Tenore_di_grazia" title="Tenore di grazia">tenore di grazia</a>, the leggero tenor is essentially the male equivalent of a <a href="/wiki/Coloratura_soprano" title="Coloratura soprano">lyric coloratura</a>. This voice is light, agile, and capable of executing difficult passages of <a href="/wiki/Fioritura" title="Fioritura">fioritura</a>. The typical leggero tenor possesses a range spanning from approximately C3 to E5, with a few being able to sing up to F5 or higher in <a href="/wiki/Modal_voice" title="Modal voice">full voice</a>. In some cases, the chest register of the leggero tenor may extend below C3. Voices of this type are utilized frequently in the operas of <a href="/wiki/Gioachino_Rossini" title="Gioachino Rossini">Rossini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti" title="Gaetano Donizetti">Donizetti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini" title="Vincenzo Bellini">Bellini</a> and in music dating from the <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> period.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Leggero tenor roles in operas:<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Arturo, <a href="/wiki/I_puritani" title="I puritani">I puritani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini" title="Vincenzo Bellini">Bellini</a>)</li> <li>Count Almaviva, <a href="/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville" title="The Barber of Seville">The Barber of Seville</a> (Rossini)</li> <li>Count Ory, <a href="/wiki/Le_comte_Ory" title="Le comte Ory">Le comte Ory</a> (Rossini)</li> <li>Ernesto, <a href="/wiki/Don_Pasquale" title="Don Pasquale">Don Pasquale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti" title="Gaetano Donizetti">Donizetti</a>)</li> <li>Elvino, <a href="/wiki/La_sonnambula" title="La sonnambula">La sonnambula</a> (Bellini)</li> <li>Henry Morosus, <a href="/wiki/Die_schweigsame_Frau" title="Die schweigsame Frau">Die schweigsame Frau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Strauss" title="Richard Strauss">Strauss</a>)</li> <li>Lindoro, <a href="/wiki/L%27italiana_in_Algeri" title="L'italiana in Algeri">L'italiana in Algeri</a> (Rossini)</li> <li>Don Ramiro, <a href="/wiki/La_Cenerentola" title="La Cenerentola">La Cenerentola</a> (Rossini)</li> <li>Tonio, <a href="/wiki/La_fille_du_r%C3%A9giment" title="La fille du régiment">La fille du régiment</a> (Donizetti)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lyric">Lyric</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lyric" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="254" data-mwtitle="PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli,_Tenor_-_La_bohème_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli,_Tenor_-_La_boh%C3%A8me_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli%2C_Tenor_-_La_boh%C3%A8me_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac/PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli%2C_Tenor_-_La_boh%C3%A8me_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac.ogg" type='audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"' data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0"></source><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli%2C_Tenor_-_La_boh%C3%A8me_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac/PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli%2C_Tenor_-_La_boh%C3%A8me_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0"></source><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/PDP-CH_-_Beniamino_Gigli%2C_Tenor_-_La_boh%C3%A8me_-_Che_gelida_manina_-_Puccini_-_Hmv-db1538-8769a.flac" type="audio/flac" data-width="0" data-height="0"></source></audio><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Beniamino_Gigli" title="Beniamino Gigli">Beniamino Gigli</a> singing <a href="/wiki/Che_gelida_manina" title="Che gelida manina">Che gelida manina</a> from <a href="/wiki/La_boh%C3%A8me" title="La bohème">La bohème</a></figcaption></figure> The lyric tenor is a warm graceful voice with a bright, full timbre that is strong but not heavy and can be heard over an orchestra. Lyric tenors have a range from approximately the C one octave below middle C (C3) to the D one octave above middle C (D5). Similarly, their lower range may extend a few notes below the C3. There are many vocal shades to the lyric tenor group, repertoire should be selected according to the weight, colors, and abilities of the voice. <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Duprez" title="Gilbert Duprez">Gilbert Duprez</a> (1806–1896) was a historically significant lyric tenor. He was the first tenor to sing on stage the operatic <a href="/wiki/High_C" class="mw-redirect" title="High C">high C</a> from the chest (ut de poitrine) as opposed to using <a href="/wiki/Falsettone" title="Falsettone">falsettone</a>. He is also known for originating the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. Lyric tenor roles in operas:<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Alessandro, <a href="/wiki/Il_re_pastore" title="Il re pastore">Il re pastore</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Mozart</a>)</li> <li>Alfredo, <a href="/wiki/La_traviata" title="La traviata">La traviata</a> (<a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Verdi</a>)</li> <li>Bastien, <a href="/wiki/Bastien_und_Bastienne" title="Bastien und Bastienne">Bastien und Bastienne</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Belmonte, <a href="/wiki/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail" title="Die Entführung aus dem Serail">Die Entführung aus dem Serail</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Chevalier, <a href="/wiki/Dialogues_of_the_Carmelites" title="Dialogues of the Carmelites">Dialogues of the Carmelites</a> (<a href="/wiki/Francis_Poulenc" title="Francis Poulenc">Poulenc</a>)</li> <li>David, <a href="/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg" title="Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg">Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a>)</li> <li>Don Ottavio, <a href="/wiki/Don_Giovanni" title="Don Giovanni">Don Giovanni</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Il Duca di Mantova, <a href="/wiki/Rigoletto" title="Rigoletto">Rigoletto</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Edgardo, <a href="/wiki/Lucia_di_Lammermoor" title="Lucia di Lammermoor">Lucia di Lammermoor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti" title="Gaetano Donizetti">Donizetti</a>)</li> <li>Faust, <a href="/wiki/Faust_(opera)" title="Faust (opera)">Faust</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod">Gounod</a>)</li> <li>Ferrando, <a href="/wiki/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte" title="Così fan tutte">Così fan tutte</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Hoffmann, <a href="/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann" title="The Tales of Hoffmann">The Tales of Hoffmann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach" title="Jacques Offenbach">Offenbach</a>)</li> <li>Idomeneo, Idamante, <a href="/wiki/Idomeneo" title="Idomeneo">Idomeneo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Mozart</a>)</li> <li>Lensky, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Onegin_(opera)" title="Eugene Onegin (opera)">Eugene Onegin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>)</li> <li>Martin, <a href="/wiki/The_Tender_Land" title="The Tender Land">The Tender Land</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Copland</a>)<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li> <li>Mitridate, <a href="/wiki/Mitridate,_re_di_Ponto" title="Mitridate, re di Ponto">Mitridate, re di Ponto</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Mozart</a>)</li> <li>Oronte, <a href="/wiki/I_Lombardi_alla_prima_crociata" title="I Lombardi alla prima crociata">I Lombardi alla prima crociata</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Paris, <a href="/wiki/La_belle_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne" title="La belle Hélène">La belle Hélène</a> (Offenbach)</li> <li>Pinkerton, <a href="/wiki/Madama_Butterfly" title="Madama Butterfly">Madama Butterfly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Puccini</a>)</li> <li>Rinuccio, <a href="/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi" title="Gianni Schicchi">Gianni Schicchi</a> (Puccini)</li> <li>Rodolfo, <a href="/wiki/La_boh%C3%A8me" title="La bohème">La bohème</a> (Puccini)</li> <li>Roméo, <a href="/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_et_Juliette" title="Roméo et Juliette">Roméo et Juliette</a> (Gounod)</li> <li>Tamino, <a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Flute" title="The Magic Flute">The Magic Flute</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Thaddeus, <a href="/wiki/The_Bohemian_Girl" title="The Bohemian Girl">The Bohemian Girl</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michael_William_Balfe" title="Michael William Balfe">Balfe</a>)</li> <li>Tito, <a href="/wiki/La_clemenza_di_Tito" title="La clemenza di Tito">La clemenza di Tito</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Werther, <a href="/wiki/Werther" title="Werther">Werther</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jules_Massenet" title="Jules Massenet">Massenet</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Meister" title="Wilhelm Meister">Wilhelm Meister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mignon" title="Mignon">Mignon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ambroise_Thomas" title="Ambroise Thomas">Thomas</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spinto">Spinto</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Spinto" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The spinto tenor has the brightness and height of a lyric tenor, but with a heavier vocal weight enabling the voice to be "pushed" to dramatic climaxes with less strain than the lighter-voice counterparts. Spinto tenors have a darker timbre than a lyric tenor, without having a vocal color as dark as many (not all) dramatic tenors. The German equivalent of the Spinto <a href="/wiki/Fach" title="Fach">Fach</a> is the Jugendlicher Heldentenor and encompasses many of the Dramatic tenor roles as well as some Wagner roles such as Lohengrin and Stolzing. The difference is often the depth and metal in the voice where some lyric tenors age or push their way into singing as a Spinto giving them a lighter tone and a Jugendlicher Heldentenor tends to be either a young heldentenor or true lyric spinto. Spinto tenors have a range from approximately the C one octave below middle C (C3) to the C one octave above middle C (C5). Spinto tenor roles in operas:<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Andrea Chénier, <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Ch%C3%A9nier" title="Andrea Chénier">Andrea Chénier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Umberto_Giordano" title="Umberto Giordano">Giordano</a>)</li> <li>Calaf, <a href="/wiki/Turandot" title="Turandot">Turandot</a> (<a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Puccini</a>)</li> <li>Des Grieux, <a href="/wiki/Manon_Lescaut_(Puccini)" title="Manon Lescaut (Puccini)">Manon Lescaut</a> (Puccini)</li> <li>Don Carlo, <a href="/wiki/Don_Carlos" title="Don Carlos">Don Carlos</a> (<a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Verdi</a>)</li> <li>Don José, <a href="/wiki/Carmen" title="Carmen">Carmen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georges_Bizet" title="Georges Bizet">Bizet</a>)</li> <li>Erik, <a href="/wiki/Der_fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder" title="Der fliegende Holländer">Der fliegende Holländer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a>)</li> <li>Ernani, <a href="/wiki/Ernani" title="Ernani">Ernani</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Gustavo, <a href="/wiki/Un_ballo_in_maschera" title="Un ballo in maschera">Un ballo in maschera</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Hermann, <a href="/wiki/The_Queen_of_Spades_(opera)" title="The Queen of Spades (opera)">Queen of Spades</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>)</li> <li>Macduff, <a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(Verdi)" title="Macbeth (Verdi)">Macbeth</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Manrico, <a href="/wiki/Il_trovatore" title="Il trovatore">Il trovatore</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Mario Cavaradossi, <a href="/wiki/Tosca" title="Tosca">Tosca</a> (Puccini)</li> <li>Max, <a href="/wiki/Der_Freisch%C3%BCtz" title="Der Freischütz">Der Freischütz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carl_Maria_von_Weber" title="Carl Maria von Weber">Weber</a>)</li> <li>Pollione, <a href="/wiki/Norma_(opera)" title="Norma (opera)">Norma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini" title="Vincenzo Bellini">Bellini</a>)</li> <li>Radames, <a href="/wiki/Aida" title="Aida">Aida</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Stiffelio, <a href="/wiki/Stiffelio" title="Stiffelio">Stiffelio</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Turiddu, <a href="/wiki/Cavalleria_rusticana" title="Cavalleria rusticana">Cavalleria rusticana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pietro_Mascagni" title="Pietro Mascagni">Mascagni</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dramatic">Dramatic</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Dramatic" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Also "tenore robusto", the dramatic tenor has an emotive, ringing and very powerful, clarion, heroic tenor sound. The dramatic tenor's approximate range is from the B one octave below middle C (B2) to the B one octave above middle C (B4) with some able to sing up to the C one octave above middle C (C5).<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> Many successful dramatic tenors though have historically avoided the coveted high C in performance. Their lower range tends to extend into the baritone tessitura or, a few notes below the C3, even down to A♭2. Some dramatic tenors have a rich and dark tonal colour to their voice (such as the mature <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Caruso" title="Enrico Caruso">Enrico Caruso</a>) while others (like <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Tamagno" title="Francesco Tamagno">Francesco Tamagno</a>) possess a bright, steely timbre. Dramatic tenor roles in operas:<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a>: 194–197 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Canio, <a href="/wiki/Pagliacci" title="Pagliacci">Pagliacci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ruggero_Leoncavallo" title="Ruggero Leoncavallo">Leoncavallo</a>)</li> <li>Dick Johnson, <a href="/wiki/La_fanciulla_del_West" title="La fanciulla del West">La fanciulla del West</a> (Puccini)</li> <li>Don Alvaro, <a href="/wiki/La_forza_del_destino" title="La forza del destino">La forza del destino</a> (<a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Verdi</a>)</li> <li>Enée, <a href="/wiki/Les_Troyens" title="Les Troyens">Les Troyens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hector_Berlioz" title="Hector Berlioz">Berlioz</a>)</li> <li>Florestan, <a href="/wiki/Fidelio" title="Fidelio">Fidelio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a>)</li> <li>Otello, <a href="/wiki/Otello" title="Otello">Otello</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Samson, <a href="/wiki/Samson_and_Delilah_(opera)" title="Samson and Delilah (opera)">Samson et Dalila</a> (<a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Saint-Saëns</a>)</li> <li>Peter Grimes, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Grimes" title="Peter Grimes">Peter Grimes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heldentenor">Heldentenor</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Heldentenor" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heldentenor" title="Heldentenor">Heldentenor</a></div> The heldentenor (English: heroic tenor) has a rich, dark, powerful and dramatic voice. As its name implies, the heldentenor vocal <a href="/wiki/Fach" title="Fach">Fach</a> features in the German <a href="/wiki/Romantische_Oper" title="Romantische Oper">romantic operatic</a> repertoire. The heldentenor is the German equivalent of the tenore drammatico, however with a more baritonal quality: the typical <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagnerian</a> protagonist. The keystone of the heldentenor's repertoire is arguably Wagner's <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_(opera)" title="Siegfried (opera)">Siegfried</a>, an extremely demanding role requiring a wide vocal range and great power, plus tremendous stamina and acting ability. Often the heldentenor is a baritone who has transitioned to this Fach or tenors who have been misidentified as baritones. Therefore, the heldentenor voice might or might not have facility up to high B or C. The repertoire, however, rarely calls for such high notes. Heldentenor roles in operas:<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Florestan, <a href="/wiki/Fidelio" title="Fidelio">Fidelio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a>)</li> <li>Tannhäuser, <a href="/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera)" title="Tannhäuser (opera)">Tannhäuser</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a>)</li> <li>Lohengrin, <a href="/wiki/Lohengrin_(opera)" title="Lohengrin (opera)">Lohengrin</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Siegmund, <a href="/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre" title="Die Walküre">Die Walküre</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Siegfried, <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_(opera)" title="Siegfried (opera)">Siegfried</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Siegfried, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung" title="Götterdämmerung">Götterdämmerung</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Walther von Stolzing, <a href="/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg" title="Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg">Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Tristan, <a href="/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde" title="Tristan und Isolde">Tristan und Isolde</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Parsifal, <a href="/wiki/Parsifal" title="Parsifal">Parsifal</a> (Wagner)</li> <li>Aegisth, <a href="/wiki/Elektra_(opera)" title="Elektra (opera)">Elektra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Strauss" title="Richard Strauss">R. Strauss</a>)</li> <li>Bacchus, <a href="/wiki/Ariadne_auf_Naxos" title="Ariadne auf Naxos">Ariadne auf Naxos</a> (R. Strauss)</li> <li>The Emperor, <a href="/wiki/Die_Frau_ohne_Schatten" title="Die Frau ohne Schatten">Die Frau ohne Schatten</a> (R. Strauss)</li> <li>Menelaus, <a href="/wiki/Die_%C3%A4gyptische_Helena" title="Die ägyptische Helena">Die ägyptische Helena</a> (R. Strauss)</li> <li>Apollo, <a href="/wiki/Daphne_(opera)" title="Daphne (opera)">Daphne</a> (R. Strauss)</li> <li>Drum Major, <a href="/wiki/Wozzeck" title="Wozzeck">Wozzeck</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alban_Berg" title="Alban Berg">Berg</a>)</li> <li>Paul, <a href="/wiki/Die_tote_Stadt" title="Die tote Stadt">Die tote Stadt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold" title="Erich Wolfgang Korngold">Korngold</a>)</li> <li>The Stranger, <a href="/wiki/Das_Wunder_der_Heliane" title="Das Wunder der Heliane">Das Wunder der Heliane</a> (Korngold)</li> <li>Mao Tse-Tung, <a href="/wiki/Nixon_in_China" title="Nixon in China">Nixon in China</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)" title="John Adams (composer)">Adams</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenor_buffo_or_spieltenor">Tenor buffo or spieltenor</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tenor buffo or spieltenor" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> A Tenor buffo or spieltenor is a tenor with good acting ability, and the ability to create distinct voices for his characters. This voice specializes in smaller comic roles. The range of the tenor buffo is from the C one octave below middle C (C3) to the C one octave above middle C (C5).<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> The tessitura of these parts ranges from lower than other tenor roles to very high and broad. These parts are often played by younger tenors who have not yet reached their full vocal potential or older tenors who are beyond their prime singing years. Only rarely will a singer specialize in these roles for an entire career.<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a> In French <a href="/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique" title="Opéra comique">opéra comique</a>, supporting roles requiring a thin voice but good acting are sometimes described as 'trial', after the singer <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Trial" title="Antoine Trial">Antoine Trial</a> (1737–1795), examples being in the operas of <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" title="Maurice Ravel">Ravel</a> and in <a href="/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann" title="The Tales of Hoffmann">The Tales of Hoffmann</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] Tenor buffo or spieltenor roles in operas:<a href="#cite_note-Boldrey-13">[13]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Count Danilo Danilovitsch, <a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Widow" title="The Merry Widow">The Merry Widow</a> (<a href="/wiki/Franz_Leh%C3%A1r" title="Franz Lehár">Lehár</a>)</li> <li>Don Basilio, <a href="/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro" title="The Marriage of Figaro">The Marriage of Figaro</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Mozart</a>)</li> <li>Mime, <a href="/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen" title="Der Ring des Nibelungen">Der Ring des Nibelungen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a>)</li> <li>Don Anchise/ Il Podestà, <a href="/wiki/La_finta_giardiniera" title="La finta giardiniera">La finta giardiniera</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Monostatos, <a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Flute" title="The Magic Flute">The Magic Flute</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Pedrillo, <a href="/wiki/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail" title="Die Entführung aus dem Serail">Die Entführung aus dem Serail</a> (Mozart)</li> <li>Slender, <a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor_(opera)" title="The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera)">The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Otto_Nicolai" title="Otto Nicolai">Nicolai</a>)</li> <li>John Styx, <a href="/wiki/Orpheus_in_the_Underworld" title="Orpheus in the Underworld">Orpheus in the Underworld</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach" title="Jacques Offenbach">Offenbach</a>)</li> <li>Prince Paul, <a href="/wiki/La_Grande-Duchesse_de_G%C3%A9rolstein" title="La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein">La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein</a> (Offenbach)</li> <li>Kálmán Zsupán, <a href="/wiki/The_Gypsy_Baron" title="The Gypsy Baron">The Gypsy Baron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II" title="Johann Strauss II">Johann Strauss II</a>)</li> <li>The Captain, <a href="/wiki/Wozzeck" title="Wozzeck">Wozzeck</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alban_Berg" title="Alban Berg">Berg</a>)</li> <li>The Magician, <a href="/wiki/The_Consul" title="The Consul">The Consul</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gian_Carlo_Menotti" title="Gian Carlo Menotti">Menotti</a>)</li> <li>Beppe, <a href="/wiki/Pagliacci" title="Pagliacci">Pagliacci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ruggero_Leoncavallo" title="Ruggero Leoncavallo">Leoncavallo</a>)</li> <li>Frantz, <a href="/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann" title="The Tales of Hoffmann">The Tales of Hoffmann</a> (Offenbach)</li> <li>Spoletta, Tosca (<a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Puccini</a>)</li> <li>Goro, Madama Butterfly (Puccini)</li> <li>Pong, Turandot (Puccini)</li> <li>Gastone, <a href="/wiki/La_traviata" title="La traviata">La traviata</a> (<a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Verdi</a>)</li> <li>Roderigo, <a href="/wiki/Otello" title="Otello">Otello</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Dr. Caius, <a href="/wiki/Falstaff_(opera)" title="Falstaff (opera)">Falstaff</a> (Verdi)</li> <li>Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)</li> <li>King Kaspar, <a href="/wiki/Amahl_and_the_Night_Visitors" title="Amahl and the Night Visitors">Amahl and the Night Visitors</a> (Menotti)</li> <li>Triquet, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Onegin_(opera)" title="Eugene Onegin (opera)">Eugene Onegin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>)</li> <li>The Holy Fool, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Godunov_(opera)" title="Boris Godunov (opera)">Boris Godunov</a> (<a href="/wiki/Modest_Mussorgsky" title="Modest Mussorgsky">Mussorgsky</a>)</li> <li>Pasquale, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_paladino" title="Orlando paladino">Orlando paladino</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joseph_Haydn" title="Joseph Haydn">Haydn</a>)</li> <li>Platon Kuzmich Kovalev, <a href="/wiki/The_Nose_(opera)" title="The Nose (opera)">The Nose</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich" title="Dmitri Shostakovich">Shostakovich</a>)</li></ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other uses" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> There are four parts in <a href="/wiki/Barbershop_music" title="Barbershop music">barbershop harmony</a>: bass, baritone, lead, and tenor (lowest to highest), with "tenor" referring to the highest part. The tenor generally sings in falsetto voice, corresponding roughly to the <a href="/wiki/Countertenor" title="Countertenor">countertenor</a> in classical music, and harmonizes above the lead, who sings the melody. The barbershop tenor range is Middle C to A one octave above Middle C, though it is written an octave lower. The "lead" in barbershop music is equivalent to the normal tenor range.<a href="#cite_note-Averill-20">[20]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] In <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass music</a>, the melody line is called the lead. Tenor is sung an interval of a third above the lead. Baritone is the fifth of the scale that has the lead as a tonic, and may be sung below the lead, or even above the lead (and the tenor), in which case it is called "high baritone".<a href="#cite_note-Cantwell-21">[21]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tenor&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Alemannisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AD_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA)" title="صادح (طبقة صوت) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="صادح (طبقة صوت)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Тэнар – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Тэнар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_(stemme)" title="Tenor (stemme) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tenor (stemme)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Τενόρος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τενόρος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenoro" title="Tenoro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tenoro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="تنور (صدا) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تنور (صدا)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9nor" title="Ténor – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ténor" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%8C%EB%84%88" title="테너 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="테너" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%80" title="Տենոր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տենոր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenoro" title="Tenoro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Tenoro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten%C3%B3r" title="Tenór – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Tenór" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenore" title="Tenore – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tenore" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8" title="טנור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טנור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ტენორი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტენორი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenors" title="Tenors – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tenors" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenoras" title="Tenoras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tenoras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ტენორი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ტენორი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_(zangstem)" title="Tenor (zangstem) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tenor (zangstem)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB" title="テノール – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="テノール" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_(vysok%C3%BD_hlas)" title="Tenor (vysoký hlas) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Tenor (vysoký hlas)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8E%D9%86%DB%86%D8%B1" title="تێنۆر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="تێنۆر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenori" title="Tenori – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Tenori" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C" title="เทเนอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เทเนอร์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target">Тоҷикӣ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8E%A6%E1%8E%B8%E1%8E%B3%E1%8F%97_%E1%8E%A0%E1%8F%82%E1%8F%A7%E1%8F%A6" title="ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᏂᏧᏦ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᏂᏧᏦ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᏣᎳᎩ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Тенор – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Тенор" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B7%E9%AB%98%E9%9F%B3" title="男高音 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="男高音" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target">吴语</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B7%E9%AB%98%E9%9F%B3" title="男高音 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="男高音" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">粵語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Tenor" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target">Zazaki</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B7%E9%AB%98%E9%9F%B3" title="男高音 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="男高音" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"> <img 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