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Hearty opera singer? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenor

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This could be a double definition.

'hearty' is the first definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'opera singer?' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Male voice of high pitch, like Luciano" , "direction" , "Caruso or Domingo" , "Male voice (one of three?)" , "Higher male voice" .)

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