Sentence examples for was tenor from inspiring English sources
noun
Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
Contributing to the success of the Miller band was tenor saxophonist-singer Tex Beneke, whose country-tinged vocals highlighted such numbers as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo".
The next of these was tenor Mark Padmore's ringing entrance as Uriel, and when the soprano Rosemary Joshua (singing Raphael) opened her mouth, we were truly in the Garden of Eden.
In the Arnold, the chief scenery-chewer was tenor Robin Bailey as the Franglais fop, but there were good character turns all round, especially from soft-grained soprano Alison Rose as Miranda and from Ailsa Mainwaring as the maiden aunt.
So was tenor saxophonist Sam Arlen, whose father, Harold, wrote the classic song "Over the Rainbow". .
The big thrill of the evening (for those who were not exclusively rooting for Leah Crocetto) was tenor Michael Fabiano, whose impassioned performance as Rodolfo was musically and dramatically riveting.
Her co-star was tenor Santino Fontana, an old friend from high school, recently nominated for a Tony as the Prince in the current revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
Mr. Maazel's topic was tenors and violinists through history.
The soloists will be tenor Francisco Casanova, mezzo soprano Hadar Halevi and soprano Hilda Ramos.
How is Tenor planning to charge for access to its huge, highly engaged audience?
This is tenor Greg Fedderly's third appearance as Basilio with San Francisco Opera.
Also appearing on the album are tenor saxophonist Frank Wess and guitarist Joy Berliner.
