1.   And it was endearing to watch the strapping young American tenor John McVeigh in a gray wig earnestly trying to portray the old man Arbace.

2.   And Steve Riley, a young tenor saxophonist whom Marsalis is encouraging, played in an older style.

3.   But how did this soft-spoken, baby-faced young tenor come to understand so intimately such a tormented and pathetic character?

4.   Domingo said he was proud to have been a mentor to the young tenor and happy to share the evening with him.

5.   Gordon Gietz was Paris and is an excellent young tenor.

6.   He emerged from Argentina atop a wave of publicity promoting him as the dashing young tenor hope for the future.

7.   Last month, wine-loving operagoers in New York discovered that the young tenor had more to offer than his voice.

8.   Stephen Mark Brown brought his ardent young tenor to the role of Ruggero.

9.   Still, if a young tenor arrived tomorrow sounding as he did Sunday, we would all be proclaiming a great new voice on the scene.

10.   The fine young tenor Matthew Polenzani was an appropriately exuberant Steersman.