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baritone

[bar-i-tohn] / ˈbær ɪˌtoʊn /


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Michael Spyres’s clarion tenor and Brian Mulligan’s warm baritone limned the Emperor and Barak; Nina Stemme’s register leaps brought the Nurse to ferocious life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Platner’s baritone voice, working-man aesthetic, and rough-around-the-edges vibe seemed to be as much part of his appeal as any of his policy positions and his undeniable charisma.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Hammerstein, the musical’s lyricist, conceived the song with the great black baritone Paul Robeson in mind, and constructed it himself using music that Kern had already composed for the production.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Leto’s grumbling Brit-inflected baritone is an unrecognizable concoction of trilled r’s and plummy vowels — and the best performance he’s done in years.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Mr. Lucas could dip his voice low to sing baritone and make us laugh.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

“Dollar now” is a popular filler word, especially among livestock auctioneers, who are generally baritones.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

But the Ames Brothers — Ed, Joe, Gene and Vic — had a unique tone: they were basses and baritones, not tenors.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2023

Michael Spyres — a baritenor, that rare breed of singers, more prevalent in Rossini’s time, who nimbly span the ranges of baritones and tenors — would best be described as an opera house vocalist.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

The two baritone players have instruments at home, and Matticks found two older baritones for them use in the short term.

From Washington Times Jan. 28, 2018

She stocks up on new CDs, and now, instead of old Bengali voices singing Rabindranath Tagore songs, the baritones of musicians like Toby Keith and Trace Adkins fill our apartment.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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