How To Use Coloratura soprano In A Sentence
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Thomas had to produce a vehicle for the rather grand Swedish coloratura soprano Christine Nilsson.
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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.
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After retiring as a dancer she turned to singing and began a new career as a coloratura soprano in Italy in 1938.
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Tenor Kei Fukui and coloratura soprano Yumika Watanabe delighted audiences with pieces from Rossini, Puccini and others.
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Already considered one of the most exciting performers in the new generation of lyric coloratura sopranos, Mary has played many of the world's most famous operatic heroines on many of the leading stages around the world.
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There's a coloratura soprano to be the cricket.
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They clearly love playing for him and grabbed every opportunity to thrill us with their classy reading of Rachmaninov's arching, aching second symphony, which was a perfect companion for the evening's curio, Glière's Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra though nearly 40 years apart, they share the same lush, chromatic harmonic language.
The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 – review
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The original Lucy was a coloratura soprano, but she withdrew from the production because she thought it was immoral.
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Technically, she was a coloratura soprano, but her voice has none of the twittery or harsh qualities that one sometimes finds in French coloraturas.
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Bonynge also helped guide her away from the Wagnerian track that might have seemed to be a natural for someone of her vocal endowments, and into the realm of the coloratura soprano.
Joan Sutherland: addio, Stupenda
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Anne-Marie Brownhill's Cosette was surprisingly mature and self-assured, and her voice had a depth of tone not often heard in coloratura sopranos.
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Her voice was that rarity, a dramatic coloratura soprano.
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Called “La Stupenda,” she combined the heft of a Wagnerian singer with the agility and upper register of a coloratura soprano, leading to powerful interpretations of great bel canto roles that had lain dormant for decades -- following in the wake of Maria Callas, who had spearheaded their initial revival.
Joan Sutherland: addio, Stupenda
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A dumpy coloratura soprano, her voice was not even mediocre, it was preposterous.
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German coloratura soprano Erna Berger managed to avoid most of the controversy that surrounded some German musicians in the years during and immediately following World War Two.
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Originally written for a coloratura soprano, the music pushes both piano and trumpet to near impossible virtuoso extremes.
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Yet again prolific American composer Libby Larsen has occupied the operatic limelight - this time with a drama focussing on coloratura soprano Jenny Lind, once dubbed ‘The Swedish Nightingale’.
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In spring," she notes, "the basso profundo of a great horned owl is exchanged for the coloratura soprano of a winter wren, which is itself replaced by countertenor voices of tree frogs.
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I am sometimes surprised that coloratura sopranos ever want to sing this role, since the subtext of it is that what coloraturas do is mechanical: spin the crank and listen to the high notes!
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The second movement challenges the soloist's control and virtuosity with sustained high notes that must ring out over the accompaniment, and with rapid figurations, like a coloratura soprano's vocal exercises.
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Her voice was that rarity, a dramatic coloratura soprano.
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