It would not have occurred to her that it was curious for a female to sing bass, baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo, soprano and coloratura as she pleased.

Don Chisciotte was a mix of ballet and opera buffa, and the lead female roles in L ' amore innocente were designed to contrast and highlight the different traditions of operatic writing for soprano, even borrowing stylistic flourishes from opera-seria in the use of coloratura in what was a short pastoral comedy more in keeping with a Roman Intermezzo.

Salieri would also write several bravura aria's for a soprano playing the part of a middle class character that would combine coloratura and concertante woodwind solos, another innovation for a comic opera that was to be widely imitated.

* 1932 – Reri Grist, African-American coloratura soprano

) Singers are then further classified by size – for instance, a soprano can be described as a lyric soprano, coloratura, soubrette, spinto, or dramatic soprano.

* Lyric coloratura soprano — A very agile light voice with a high upper extension, capable of fast vocal coloratura.

* Dramatic coloratura soprano — A coloratura soprano with great flexibility in high-lying velocity passages, yet with great sustaining power comparable to that of a full spinto or dramatic soprano.

Many young singers start out as soubrettes but as they grow older and the voice matures more physically they may be reclassified as another voice type, usually either a light lyric soprano, a lyric coloratura soprano, or a coloratura mezzo-soprano.

In the audition scene with Iturbi, Grayson sings a special arrangement by Earl Brent for coloratura soprano and orchestra of the waltz from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.

* Emma Wixon Palmer, aka Emma Nevada ( 1859-1940 ), coloratura soprano opera singer

Nearby on Highmount were the palatial summer homes of coloratura soprano Amelita Galli-Curci and Shakespearean actress Julia Marlowe.

Her last major work was the Concerto de la fidelité for coloratura soprano and orchestra, which was premièred at the Paris Opera the year before her death.

Having trained from the age of twelve as an opera singer, Grayson sang as a coloratura soprano, in the style of operatic arias.

* March 15-Aglaja Orgeni, coloratura soprano, 84

The role of Rosina, although written for a coloratura contralto and most frequently sung by a coloratura mezzo-soprano, has, in the past and occasionally in more recent times, been sung in transposition by coloratura sopranos such as Marcella Sembrich, Maria Callas, Roberta Peters, Gianna D ' Angelo, Victoria de los Ángeles, Beverly Sills, Lily Pons, Diana Damrau, Kathleen Battle and Luciana Serra.

A coloratura mezzo-soprano has a warm lower register and an agile high register.

Fleming has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano operatic roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English.

For example, in Germany the term " coloratura " () has been applied to the stereotypical and formulaic ornamentation used in 16th ‑ century keyboard music written by a group of German organ composers referred to as the " colorists " ().

A coloratura soprano role, most famously typified by the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute, has a high range and requires the singer to execute with great facility elaborate ornamentation and embellishment, including running passages, staccati, and trills.

She has taken the young coloratura Christine Daaé " under her wing ", and is fearful that the innocent singer may fall prey to intrigue once Adler has left.

Within each of these major categories there are several sub-categories that identify specific vocal qualities like coloratura facility and vocal weight to differentiate between voices.

Lyric mezzo-sopranos do not have the vocal agility of the coloratura mezzo-soprano or the size of the dramatic mezzo-soprano.

Patti sang professionally from childhood, and developed into a coloratura soprano with perfectly equalized vocal registers and a surprisingly warm, satiny tone.

Although many coloratura sopranos use whistle tone vocal production to sing these notes, some operatic sopranos are capable of singing up to " high F " ( F6 ) without utilizing the vocal production associated with the whistle register but remaining in the modal register.

* coloratura: coloration ; i. e., elaborate ornamentation of a vocal line, or ( especially ) a soprano voice that is well-suited to such elaboration

Callas, in contrast, considered herself a dramatic coloratura soprano and started her career in the heaviest roles, but soon after, concentrated on the bel canto repertoire, which were not a good fit for Tebaldi's vocal range and technique.

The contemporary vocal pedagogy instructor Bill Martin seconds the view that the change from chest voice to head voice occurs at around E4 in all voices, including the bass, but Martin states in the coloratura soprano it is more likely to occur at F4.

Within each of these major categories there are several sub-categories that identify specific vocal qualities like coloratura facility and vocal weight to differentiate between voices.

The term " coloratura " is most commonly applied to the elaborate and florid figuration or ornamentation in classical ( late 18th century ) and romantic ( 19th century, specifically bel canto ) vocal music.

A singer that sings Konstanze, Donna Anna or Fiordiligi can not necessarily sing the Italian dramatic coloratura parts, due to other vocal demands.

Vocal weight can also affect overall vocal agility ; heavier voices often have more difficulty maneuvering through florid coloratura passages than their lighter counterparts, as their weight and power compromises agility.

A very agile light voice with a high upper extension, capable of fast vocal coloratura.

Ewa Podleś (; born on April 26, 1952 in Warsaw ) is an internationally celebrated Polish coloratura contralto with more than three octave vocal range ( from a low A2 up to soprano high E flat ) and great vocal agility.

She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages.

Often, women who sing dramatic coloratura roles have the ability to cross over to the more lyric roles ( and vice versa ); for instance, Joan Sutherland, Diana Damrau ( dramatic to lyric ); Lucia Popp, and Natalie Dessay ( lyric to dramatic ).

Shanice is widely recognized for her coloratura soprano and ability to access the whistle register.

Imogene, Leonora and Violetta requires a dramatic soprano voice and are most often sung by dramatic sopranos with an agile voice that can easily produce coloratura and high notes.

Osmin's act 3 aria " O, wie will ich triumphieren " includes characteristic 18th century coloratura passage work, and twice goes down to a low D ( D < sub > 2 </ sub >), one of the lowest notes demanded of any voice in opera.

Coloratura contraltos — who have light, agile voices ranging very high for the classification and atypically extensive coloratura and high sustaining notes — specialize in florid passages and leaps.

Although coloratura mezzo-sopranos have impressive and at times thrilling high notes, they are most comfortable singing in the middle of their range, rather than the top.

That being said, most coloratura sopranos do utilize the whistle register, particularly when singing staccato notes in rapid succession, during high trills, or other elaborate coloratura ornamentation in the upper tessitura.

She also had a brilliant upper register, extending to F above high C. Unlike many other coloratura sopranos, such as Amelita Galli-Curci, Tetrazzini's high notes were not thin and delicate, but full, powerful and ringing.