LIRICO LEGGIERO TENOR

Leggiero tenor

The male equivalent of a lyric coloratura, this voice is a light lyric instrument, is very agile and is able to perform difficult passages of fioritura. The Lirico-Leggiero tenor has a range of approximately the C one octave below middle C (C₃) to the D above tenor C (D₅), with a few leggiero tenors being able to sing F₅ and even higher while maintaining quality to the sound. Similarly, the lirico-leggero may be able to sing a little lower than the C₃. The voice is the highest operatic tenor voice and is sometimes referred to as "tenore di grazia". This voice is utilized frequently in the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and the highest Baroque repertoire for tenors.
Lirico-Leggiero Tenor Roles In Opera & Operettas:^[2]

Count Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Belmonte, The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart) Ernesto, Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Ferrando, Così fan tutte (Mozart)

Lindoro, L'italiana in Algeri (Rossini) Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Mozart) Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola (Rossini) Tonio, La Fille du Régiment (Donizetti)

Lirico-Leggiero Tenor Singers:

John Aler Luigi Alva Ian Bostridge Rockwell Blake Lawrence Brownlee Juan Diego Flórez John van Kesteren Alfredo Kraus Topi Lehtipuu Alberto Rivera Santaliz

Raúl Giménez William Matteuzzi Francesco Meli Peter Schreier Tito Schipa Léopold Simoneau Ferruccio Tagliavini Cesare Valletti

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