What is a coloratura soprano? Is it rare? Please give me some examples.
2007-01-05 23:17:17 · 2 answers · asked by Lyn 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Definition of a coloratura: A soprano who sings elaborate ornamentation containing improvised or written out running passages and trills. A coloratura soprano usually require a soprano with an extended high range.
A coloratura soprano is not "rare" it's just the type of voice you have been given based on your bone structure. I believe that a soprano needs to sing everything and whatever is the easiest for your voice you should stick with. There are different types of sopranos (in order from lightest to heaviest): soubrette, lyric, spinto, dramatic. Now to any of these categories you can add coloratura to the end so you could say "I'm a dramatic coloratura" which means you specialize in Verdi arias as well as the heavier Bellini. The most common type of coloratura is a lyric. lyric coloraturas sing the majority of arias from the Bel Canto repertoire (like Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini), Handel arias, Gounod arias, Zerbinetta by Strauss, Queen of the Night by Mozart, Glitter and be Gay from Candide...the list goes on!
Some famous coloratura sopranos include: Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Lily Pons, June Anderson, and Natalie Dessay
Hope this helps!
2007-01-07 06:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by Tosca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sang Figaro,Figaro when I was 9(very deep by the way) surprised my mom she laughed and cried. never knew i had such a deep voice at 9 years.
never went any further than that.
2007-01-05 23:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by billyboy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋