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Singer bringing English Opera into the outskirts of Tangier (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenor

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'singer' is the definition.
(I know that tenor is a type of singer)

'english opera into the outskirts of tangier' is the wordplay.
'english opera' becomes 'eno' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'the outskirts of' suggests removing the centre (only letters on the outskirts).
'tangier' with its middle taken out is 'tr'.
'eno' going inside 'tr' is 'TENOR'.

'bringing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Vocal part" , "Vocal range" , "Caruso or Domingo" , "One singing" , "Voice of Tamino" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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