Lightweight, flexible tenor voice type
Tenore di grazia leggero [ a] graceful ,light , andlightweight tenor, respectively), is a lightweight, flexibletenor voice type .[ 2] [ 3] Rossini such as Lindoro inL'italiana in Algeri La Cenerentola Il barbiere di Siviglia Bellini such as Gualtiero inIl pirata La sonnambula I puritani [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Donizetti roles, such as Nemorino inL'elisir d'amore Don Pasquale La fille du régiment tenore di grazia roles. One of the most famous leggero tenors of that period wasGiovanni Battista Rubini , for whom Bellini wrote nearly all his operas.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Classification and range [ edit ] The tenor leggero voice is often misclassified. There are several reasons for this, the first being the lowerregister of the leggero tenor.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] G below low CG2 .[ 14] [ 15] baritone , normally a lyric baritone.[ 16] [ 17] extension that when not fully developed, sounds almost like afalsetto .[ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [self-published source The upper extension normally starts aroundA-flat below TenorHigh C and goes up to as high as the singer is comfortable with, normallyE above High C and sometimes toF ♯ G .[ 19] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] I puritani [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
The light French lyric tenor is also often confused with the leggero tenor.[ 29] [ 30] La dame blanche Le postillon de Lonjumeau ,Les pêcheurs de perles Mireille Lakmé [ 3] [ 22] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
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^ Often also calledleggiero [ 1] Citations
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