Sentence examples for tenor back from inspiring English sources

One of them was a tenor back in 1990 but now sings baritone (although for this anniversary performance he stretched his vocal chords and sang the tenor part).

One of the nicest features of the Broadway revival of Ken Ludwig's "Lend Me a Tenor" back in 2010 was John Lee Beatty's creamy rococo hotel suite where the operatic characters dashed about.

A strutting Brazilian 4/4 beat carried Siba's songs, his heartfelt tenor backed by a hoedown drone from his fiddle or the finger-picking of a guitar.

Not since Luciano Pavarotti recorded the title role of Mozart's "Idomeneo" has a mainstream operatic tenor reached back into the past with such powerful and persuasive results.

This refined Broadway tenor brings back "Hear and Now: Contemporary Lyricists," the show devoted to emerging songwriters that he performed in April in the Lincoln Center American Songbook series.

(Kozinn) ★ Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch (Sunday) The exciting German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, back in New York to begin rehearsals for the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Faust" (opening Nov. 29), is taking time to make his New York recital debut at the Met, with the pianist Helmut Deutsch.

Ben Webster, for so long big man on tenor, was backing her.

Early on, his kindly tenor was backed simply by acoustic guitar, but his band grew, and his scope widened.

Men wearing kilts and furry sporrans swung their bustled ladies to music played by the Alex Donner Orchestra, a sextet with trumpet, trombone and tenor sax backed by a rhythm section.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michelle Obama issued a deeply personal denunciation of Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his lewd comments about women, exhorting voters in scathing terms to reject his candidacy and the campaign's increasingly vulgar tenor by backing Hillary Clinton as a matter of conscience.

Ben Webster, for so long a big man on tenor, was backing her.