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Meanings of coloratura soprano in English

Portuguese
soprano coloratura
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coloratura

A lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music.

soprano coloratura
Russian
колоратурное сопрано
Portuguese
soprano coloratura
Spanish
soprano de coloratura
Catalan
soprano de coloratura

Denotes a soprano with high range and the ability to execute with elaborate ornamentation and embellishment, including running passages, staccati, and trills.

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колоратурное сопрано
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Examples for "coloratura"
Examples for "coloratura"
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Norma combines the requirements of both a coloratura and a dramatic soprano.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
2
I see what come once in a lifetime only- agreatcoloratura.
Mildred Pierce
3
I am a medium, a coloratura hypnotist and a spirituous control.
The Gentle Grafter
4
Its coloratura was so light and flexible that it might be a woman.
Cry to heaven
5
Her sister, Carlotta, was also a coloratura vocalist of exquisite technique.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
Usage of coloratura soprano in English
1
The next number on the program will probably be the soloist-say, a coloratura soprano.
Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social...
2
A coloratura soprano against a baritone in a Wagnerian choir.
Grand junction
3
No-isa coloratura soprano, is much worse.
Mildred Pierce
4
Only the coloratura soprano Audrey Luna as the "opera singer" Lucia showed no signs of strain.
The Guardian
5
At that stage of the brain-washing I would have admitted to being a coloratura soprano for an hour's sleep.
Girl out back
6
A little snake, love mamma, do what papa tells, maybe, but a coloratura soprano, love nobody but own goddam self.
Mildred Pierce
7
Rodet's team recorded and combined two opera singers - a male contralto and a female coloratura soprano - to reproduce the 18th-century music.
Wired
8
Marcella Sembrich, a coloratura soprano from Galicia, has a light, penetrating, marvelously sweet, and exceedingly flexible voice, with an almost perfect vocal mechanism.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
9
A blonde, sharp-tongued Alice played by American coloratura soprano Rachele Gilmore in a blue pinafore with white smocking is onstage for the full two hours.
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