baritone

     

Male voices

Trivia about baritone

  • Though a tenor now, Placido Domingo began singing in this vocal range below tenor
  • The name of this male singing voice is from the Greek for "deep-sounding"
  • We've got basses, we've got tenors, but we can't find one of these like the guy on the CD[audio clip]
  • 1940s singing star Vaughn Monroe had a rich voice in this middle male range, hence the nickname "old leather tonsils"

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