tenor
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It is there, and only there, where he breaks with the tenor of a #NoKings rally.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
Anthony León is her lyrical tenor fiancé, Ernesto Petti Meg’s lordly loutish jealous husband and Nathan Bowles the loutish Dr. Caius.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Mr. Park’s ardent tenor brilliantly evokes the Stranger’s position as an intruder in this world as he insists, “Isn’t reality itself a kind of dream?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo will oversee the celebrations for the seventh time, alongside tenor Nicky Spence and pianist Yuja Wang, who will give the Proms' debut of Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
His voice was a mellow tenor and he closed his eyes as he sang.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Julius Caesar
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Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Literary Form" by Kenneth Burke
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Music - Introductory
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