(a) the principal male role or singer in an opera or opera company; = primo uomo, n. (now historical); †(b) Mining (see quot. 1883) (obsolete).
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > opera-singer > [noun] > chief male singer (8) first man1757 (a) the principal male role or singer in an opera or opera company; = primo uomo, n. (now historical); †(b) Mining (see quot. 1883) (obsolete). primo tenore1798 The principal tenor in an opera or opera company; a tenor of the highest rank; (also) the part sung by the principal tenor. primo uomo1829 The principal male role in an opera (originally a soprano role for a castrato, occasionally played by a woman); the principal male singer in an… primo tenore assoluto1848 A primo tenore of particular excellence. Subcategories:— Chinese (1) — comic (3) |
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