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Definition of Coloratura soprano
1. Noun. A lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music.
Generic synonyms: Soprano
Specialized synonyms: Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas, Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell, Melba, Alice-josephine Pons, Lily Pons, Pons
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coloratura Soprano
Literary usage of Coloratura soprano
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technics of Bel Canto by Giovanni Battista Lamperti, Maximilian Heidrich (1905)
"Female Voices coloratura soprano Dramatic Soprano (or High ... The course of
study is nearly the same as for the coloratura soprano ; it begins by ..."
2. What We Hear in Music: A Laboratory Course of Study in Music History and by Anne Faulkner Oberndorfer (1913)
"They may be distinguished as: coloratura soprano, Flute. Lyric Soprano, Oboe.
Dramatic Soprano, Clarinet. We shall listen today to the voices of three great ..."
3. What We Hear in Music: A Laboratory Course of Study in Music History and by Anne Faulkner Oberndorfer (1913)
"They may be distinguished as: coloratura soprano, Flute. Lyric Soprano, Oboe.
Dramatic Soprano, Clarinet. We shall listen today to the voices of three great ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Being the Sixth Volume of the by Charles Newell Boyd, Waldo Selden Pratt (1920)
"... she was coloratura-soprano for the Hamburg Stadt-Theater for two years and
then went to Paris for lessons with Jean de ..."
5. International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary by César Saerchinger (1918)
"I mili.i: coloratura soprano, b. Milan. 18T>4; stud, at the Milan Cons, and w.
Lamperti. later w. Hans nichter. Made her debut in Naples; subsequently sang ..."
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