See also: Soprano (homonymy)
In the traditional Western music , the term soprano indicates usually the category of acute voice more , often charged with the melody. This word can take on several directions, in report/ratio the ones with the others.
Remarks of grammatical nature. Of Italian origin , the name soprano , is male kind, whatever the Sexe of the Chant or (“a soprano”). In the plural, one must say: “of the sopranos”; “of the soprani” (plural faulty) is disadvised by the French Academy which recommends the regularity for plurals of the words of foreign origin. In addition, concerning the female voices, one can also employ the derivative “soprane”, of the female kind: “a soprane”, “sopranes”; Littré gives nevertheless " a soprano".
For example, the Soprano saxophone is above the Alto saxophone.
From the point of view of the Tessiture S, there does not exist strict relation between that of an instrument “soprano” and that of the “soprano voice”: for example, the Recorder soprano, sound a octave higher than the soprano voice.
There exist also male soprano voices: the Castrato S of the periods traditional baroque and ; boys before their puberty. The men singing in voice of Fausset are usually called Contreténor S - or Sopraniste S, when them Ambitus approaches that of the soprano exceptionally.
the term “soprano” to indicate a vocal category is used since the end of the 17th century, succeeding names of “superius” or “top”.
There exist several subcategories of sopranos who differ by the character from the characters that they interpret, the valiancy of the voice and richness of the stamp, the constant one remaining the tessiture, which generally extends from C to C.
For example, the role of Lakmé in Lakmé , of Léo Delibes, is a role of light soprano. Natalie Dessay, Mady Mesplé and Mado Robin is examples of light soprano.
For example, the title role of Manon , of Massenet, is a role of lyric soprano. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Victoria of Los Angeles is examples of lyric soprano.
For example, the role of Brünnhilde in the Valkyrie of Wagner, is a role of dramatic soprano. Leonie Rysanek, Jessye Norman and Birgit Nilsson is examples of dramatic soprano.
Many roles of dramatic soprano concerned with the romantic repertory require a great agility however: Normalized Bellini or Anna Bolena of Donizetti for example. One speaks for these roles about use of dramatic soprano about agility of which Maria Callas was a kind of prototype.
Exemples of roles for soprano will coloratura :
Generally, the opera Italian baroque and Beautiful romantic Canto (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) require their interpreters of great aptitudes to handle the colorature (agility, ornamentation), whatever the tessiture of the role.
Pop Lucia, Diletta Rizzo Marine, Joan Sutherland, Sumi OJ and Natalie Dessay is examples of soprano will coloratura.
Simple: Soprano
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