He sings for some rotten orchestra! (5)

I believe the answer is:

tenor

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'he sings' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'some rotten orchestra' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some parts of the word are used).
'TENOR' is hidden within 'rotten orchestra'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Voice of Tamino" , "thread" , "Male singer with high-pitched voice" , "High male singing voice like Pavarotti" , "Voice classification of Jose Carreras" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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