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coloratura

[ US /kəɫɝəˈtʊɹə/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌləɹˌæt‍ʃəɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. singing with florid ornamentation
  2. a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music

How To Use coloratura In A Sentence

  • Her coloratura singing was often breathtaking!
  • With her volleys of coloratura and seductive (yet false) warmth, she is a stunner.
  • It also showed an ability to sing coloratura, which is a fast, fluid way of singing music that is ordinarily not easy for the more dramatic singers. NPR Topics: News
  • Earlier in Freni's career she was primarily a lyric soprano, and even sang coloratura roles such as Elvira in Bellini's I Puritani.
  • Their legacy is a series of low coloratura contralto roles which serve to add variety and depth to the operas.
  • Earlier in Freni's career she was primarily a lyric soprano, and even sang coloratura roles such as Elvira in Bellini's I Puritani.
  • The tone was richer and warmer than is her wont, the coloratura brilliant and smooth. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
  • Thomas had to produce a vehicle for the rather grand Swedish coloratura soprano Christine Nilsson.
  • Nevertheless, it is not just a speciality item either, and anyone with curiosity about this era of singing - or looking for a fairly unknown coloratura soprano to enjoy - should not hesitate to acquire this pair of inexpensive discs.
  • A successful production of Poppea depends not upon operatic voices but upon singing actors who can color their voices and make drama out of the expressive melismas and coloratura.
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