1.   And the English tenor Ian Bostridge transforms the small role of Sellem, the auctioneer, into an intriguing portrait of a seductively slippery operator.

2.   His cast is headed by Anthony Rolfe Johnson, a distinguished English tenor.

3.   John Mark Ainsley, an English tenor, has made a career of popping up all over the musical map.

4.   The English tenor John Mark Ainsley, also at the Philharmonic this week, provides characteristically well-mannered singing, which ideally suits the words of the gentle Obadiah.

5.   The frail-looking, reedy-voiced English tenor Ian Bostridge provokes strong reactions.