Editing Tenor (section)

=== Leggero ===
Also known as the ''[[tenore di grazia]]'', the ''leggero'' tenor is essentially the male equivalent of a [[Coloratura soprano|lyric coloratura]]. This voice is light, agile, and capable of executing difficult passages of [[fioritura]]. The typical ''leggero'' tenor possesses a range spanning from approximately C<sub>3</sub> to E<sub>5</sub>, with a few being able to sing up to F<sub>5</sub> or higher in [[Modal voice|full voice]]. In some cases, the chest register of the ''leggero'' tenor may extend below C<sub>3</sub>. Voices of this type are utilized frequently in the operas of [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]], [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]], [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]] and in music dating from the [[Baroque]] period.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

''Leggero'' tenor roles in operas:<ref name=Boldrey />

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* Arturo, ''[[I puritani]]'' ([[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]])
* Count Almaviva, ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' (Rossini)
* Count Ory, ''[[Le comte Ory]]'' (Rossini)
* Ernesto, ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' ([[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]])
* Elvino, ''[[La sonnambula]]'' (Bellini)
* Henry Morosus, ''[[Die schweigsame Frau]]'' ([[Richard Strauss|Strauss]])
* Lindoro, ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'' (Rossini)
* Don Ramiro, ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' (Rossini)
* Tonio, ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' (Donizetti)
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