
''This article is about singers. For the popular HBO television drama series about the Mafia see The Sopranos''. In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from middle C to the A a thirteenth above middle C (above the treble clef). In four part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, and will usually take the melody. The word "soprano" generally refers to a female singer of this highest vocal range and to her voice. Male singers whose voices have not changed are known either as "boy sopranos" or, in the Anglican and English Catholic traditions, as trebles. Some adult male singers use a special technique without using falsetto in order to sing in this high range, and they are known as sopranistas. Historically women were not allowed to sing in the Church, so the soprano roles were given to young boys, and later to castrato, who were men whose larynxes had been fixed in a pre-adolescent state through the process of castration. More generally, a soprano is the highest member of a group of similar instruments (for example, the soprano saxophone). Sopranos usually play the heroine in operas: soubrettes play comical roles; coloraturas, dramatic and lyric, usually must sing very complicated music with many leaps into the upper register; lyric sopranos play the ingenue (stock character); spinto, dramatic (including dramatic coloratura) and Wagnerian sopranos play the long-suffering women of opera. ==Types of soprano== In opera, the character and timbre of soprano voices are often categorized according to the German ''Fach'' system. The soprano ''Fächer'', with examples of respective roles, are: * Leggero (or soubrette) ** Adele (Die Fledermaus) ** Ännchen (Der Freischütz) ** Despina (Così fan tutte) ** Marzellina (Fidelio) ** Musetta (La bohème) ** Nannetta (Falstaff) ** Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) ** Zerlina (Don Giovanni) * Lyric Coloratura ** Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) ** Gilda (Rigoletto (opera)) ** Norina (Don Pasquale) ** Olympia (Tales of Hoffmann) ** Rosina (The Barber of Seville) ** Sofie (Der Rosenkavalier) ** Zerbinette (Ariadne auf Naxos) ** Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) ** Oskar (Un Ballo in Maschera) ** Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) ** Lakmé (Lakmé) ** Amina (La Sonnambula) ** Lisa (La Sonnambula) *Dramatic Coloratura ** Konstanza (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) ** Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) ** Königin (Die Zauberflöte) ** Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) ** Violetta (La Traviata) ** Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) ** Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) ** Marguerite (Faust) ** Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) *Full Lyric Soprano ** Contessa (Figaro) ** Mimi (La bohème) ** Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) ** Micaëla (Carmen) ** Liù (Turandot) ** Nedda (I Pagliacci) * Spinto Soprano ** Agathe (Der Freischütz) ** Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) ** Elsa (Lohengrin) ** Desdemona (Othello) ** Leonora (Il Trovatore) ** Tatajana (Eugene Onegin (opera)) ** Rezia (Oberon) ** Elizabeth (Tannhäuser) ** The Marschellin (Der Rosenkavalier) ** Elisabetta (Don Carlos) * Dramatic soprano ** Aida (Aida) ** Leonore (Fidelio) ** Leonora (La Forza del Destino) ** Tosca (Tosca) ** Sieglinde (Die Walküre) ** Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos) ** Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) ** Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) ** Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) ** Norma (Norma) ** Kundry (Parsifal) * Wagnerian soprano ** Senta (The Flying Dutchman (opera)) ** Elektra (Elektra (opera)) ** Brünnhilde (Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung, Siegfried (opera)) ** Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) ** Turandot (Turandot) Two types of soprano especially dear to the French are the ''Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre'' and the ''Marie-Cornélie Falcon'', which are intermediate voice types between the soprano and the mezzo soprano: a Dugazon is a darker-colored soubrette, a Falcon a darker-colored soprano drammatico. ==Famous sopranos== *June Anderson *Arleen Augér *Isobel Baillie *Kathleen Battle *Erna Berger *Barbara Bonney *Catherine Bott *Fabiana Bravo *Sarah Brightman *June Bronhill *Gré Brouwenstijn *Montserrat Caballe *Maria Callas *Lina Cavalieri *Charlotte Church *Patrizia Ciofi *Ileana Cotrubas *Victoria de los Angeles *Emma Eames *Geraldine Farrar *Renée Fleming *Florence Foster Jenkins *Mirella Freni *Amelita Galli-Curci *Leyla Gencer *Angela Gheorghiu *Edita Gruberova *Elisabeth Gruemmer *Hilda Gueden *Heather Harper *Barbara Hendricks *Gundula Janowitz *Maria Jeritza *Sumi Jo *Sena Jurinac *Raina Kabaivanska *Emma Kirkby *Lotte Lehmann *Jenny Lind *Maria Malibran *Eva Marton *Nellie Melba *Zinka Milanov *Nelly Miricioiu *Anna Moffo *Carmen Monarcha *Ma. Cristina \"Kit\" Viguilla-Navarro *Birgitt Nilsson *Jessye Norman *Adelina Patti *Lucia Popp *Leontyne Price *Ema Pukšec, (Ilma De Murska) *Amanda Roocroft *Marijana Radev *Elisabeth Rethberg *Anneliese Rothenberger *Bidu Sayão *Elisabeth Schumann *Elisabeth Schwarzkopf *Beverly Sills *Elisabeth Soderström *Cheryl Studer *Conchita Supervia *Joan Sutherland *Renata Tebaldi *Luisa Tetrazzini *Maggie Teyte *Milka Trnina *Eva Turner *Kiri Te Kanawa *Dawn Upshaw *Galina Vishnevskaya *Ljuba Welitsch *Kirsten Flagstad *Sarah Beckers Famous sopranos have often caused opera enthusiasts to divide into opposing "clubs" supporting one singer over another. The rivalry between the respective fans of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, for example, was one of the most famous of all opera, despite the friendship of the two singers. ==See also== * mezzo soprano, alto (voice), contralto, countertenor, tenor, baritenor, baritone, bass-baritone, basso, castrato, sopranista * music, opera, bel canto Vocal ranges gd:Neach-seinn àirde
I wonder just how useful are these incomplete, highly abritary lists. Even if they were complete, what is the point? Would it not be better to simply list a couple famous contemporary ones?... -- User:Viajero 11:05 8 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- I changed the listings to emphasize *roles* rather than specific *.singers*. Here is the original listing. -- User:Viajero 16:51 23 Jul 2003 (UTC) === Famous soprano singers=== *Leggero **Kathleen Battle **Barbara Bonney **Ileana Cotrubas **Anneliese Rothenberger **Lillian Watson *Coloratura **June Anderson **Adelina Patti **Joan Sutherland *Lyric **Lucia Albanese **Montserrat Caballé **Teresa Berganza **Mirella Freni **Gundula Janowitz **Kiri Te Kanawa **Victoria de Los Angeles **Zinka Milanov **Elisabeth Schwarzkopf **Eleanor Steber *Dramatic Lyric **Maria Callas **Christina Nilsson **Jessye Norman **Katia Ricciarelli **Cheryl Studer **Renata Tebaldi *Heroic **Jane Eaglen **Anne Evans **Kirsten Flagstad **Birgit Nilsson **Gwyneth Jones ---- Shouldn't we have a specific description of each type of soprano, rather than just a list of representative roles for that type? User:Matt gies 09:49, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) :How would you propose ''describing'' a given voice? If you think you can in terms which can be understood by a lay person, be my guest. -- User:Viajero 11:31, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) ::Well, I'm not that familiar with the types of voice, but I do know that in some cases the difference is primarily in range, not something more subjective like timbre or power. For instance, isn't a lyric soprano supposed to reach the highest range of all?User:Matt gies 19:15, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) :::I think I understand where Matt gies is coming from, but unfortunately it's a little more complicated than that. There's a somewhat arbitrary quality in these classifications. For instance, you mention 'lyric soprano'. Well, that does describe a range, but it also describes a role type. Now, what of a lady whose talent and training allows her to perform roles in more than one category? How does one describe her voice? ''Coloratura'' is a role ''and'' a style and the style is performed by singers of all voice types and both genders. :::Further, range is not conclusive in and of itself. There are mezzo-sopranos who have the exact same vocal range as sopranos; the difference is in where the strongest part of their voice lies, and where they feel most comfortable singing. Some ladies have voices with a great deal of power, for some singing with that much force will wreck their vocal chords, etc. :::For what it's worth, I do like both the list of roles and the list of sopranos as it is without an attempt at pigeon-holing. I would, however, like to change the subheading for roles to Operatic Soprano Types or Soprano Roles in Opera or some such--maybe someone has a better suggestion? I think that 'Types of Soprano' sounds comprehensive but this list only speaks to Operatic Roles. User:Quill 00:57, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC) ---- I've removed this from the top of the page: :''Alternate use: The Sopranos (soap opera)'' I think the chances of somebody linking to soprano when they really mean The Sopranos is basically nill, so this just gets in the way. --User:Camembert == Contesa (Figaro) == Isn't Contesa(Figaro) ususally categorized as Spinto Soprano ? :Well, I wouldn't have placed it as Dramatic Coloratura as my first guess, but I'll leave the argument to those with more knowledge on the subject. User:Quill 00:36, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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''This article is about singers. For the popular HBO television drama series about the Mafia see The Sopranos''. In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from middle C to the A a thirteenth above middle C (above the treble clef). In four part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, and will usually take the melody. The word "soprano" generally refers to a female singer of this highest vocal range and to her voice. Male singers whose voices have not changed are known either as "boy sopranos" or, in the Anglican and English Catholic traditions, as trebles. Some adult male singers use a special technique without using falsetto in order to sing in this high range, and they are known as sopranistas. Historically women were not allowed to sing in the Church, so the soprano roles were given to young boys, and later to castrato, who were men whose larynxes had been fixed in a pre-adolescent state through the process of castration. More generally, a soprano is the highest member of a group of similar instruments (for example, the soprano saxophone). Sopranos usually play the heroine in operas: soubrettes play comical roles; coloraturas, dramatic and lyric, usually must sing very complicated music with many leaps into the upper register; lyric sopranos play the ingenue (stock character); spinto, dramatic (including dramatic coloratura) and Wagnerian sopranos play the long-suffering women of opera. ==Types of soprano== In opera, the character and timbre of soprano voices are often categorized according to the German ''Fach'' system. The soprano ''Fächer'', with examples of respective roles, are: * Leggero (or soubrette) ** Adele (Die Fledermaus) ** Ännchen (Der Freischütz) ** Despina (Così fan tutte) ** Marzellina (Fidelio) ** Musetta (La bohème) ** Nannetta (Falstaff) ** Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) ** Zerlina (Don Giovanni) * Lyric Coloratura ** Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) ** Gilda (Rigoletto (opera)) ** Norina (Don Pasquale) ** Olympia (Tales of Hoffmann) ** Rosina (The Barber of Seville) ** Sofie (Der Rosenkavalier) ** Zerbinette (Ariadne auf Naxos) ** Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) ** Oskar (Un Ballo in Maschera) ** Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) ** Lakmé (Lakmé) ** Amina (La Sonnambula) ** Lisa (La Sonnambula) *Dramatic Coloratura ** Konstanza (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) ** Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) ** Königin (Die Zauberflöte) ** Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) ** Violetta (La Traviata) ** Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) ** Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) ** Marguerite (Faust) ** Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) *Full Lyric Soprano ** Contessa (Figaro) ** Mimi (La bohème) ** Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) ** Micaëla (Carmen) ** Liù (Turandot) ** Nedda (I Pagliacci) * Spinto Soprano ** Agathe (Der Freischütz) ** Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) ** Elsa (Lohengrin) ** Desdemona (Othello) ** Leonora (Il Trovatore) ** Tatajana (Eugene Onegin (opera)) ** Rezia (Oberon) ** Elizabeth (Tannhäuser) ** The Marschellin (Der Rosenkavalier) ** Elisabetta (Don Carlos) * Dramatic soprano ** Aida (Aida) ** Leonore (Fidelio) ** Leonora (La Forza del Destino) ** Tosca (Tosca) ** Sieglinde (Die Walküre) ** Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos) ** Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) ** Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) ** Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) ** Norma (Norma) ** Kundry (Parsifal) * Wagnerian soprano ** Senta (The Flying Dutchman (opera)) ** Elektra (Elektra (opera)) ** Brünnhilde (Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung, Siegfried (opera)) ** Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) ** Turandot (Turandot) Two types of soprano especially dear to the French are the ''Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre'' and the ''Marie-Cornélie Falcon'', which are intermediate voice types between the soprano and the mezzo soprano: a Dugazon is a darker-colored soubrette, a Falcon a darker-colored soprano drammatico. ==Famous sopranos== *June Anderson *Arleen Augér *Isobel Baillie *Kathleen Battle *Erna Berger *Barbara Bonney *Catherine Bott *Fabiana Bravo *Sarah Brightman *June Bronhill *Gré Brouwenstijn *Montserrat Caballe *Maria Callas *Lina Cavalieri *Charlotte Church *Patrizia Ciofi *Ileana Cotrubas *Victoria de los Angeles *Emma Eames *Geraldine Farrar *Renée Fleming *Florence Foster Jenkins *Mirella Freni *Amelita Galli-Curci *Leyla Gencer *Angela Gheorghiu *Edita Gruberova *Elisabeth Gruemmer *Hilda Gueden *Heather Harper *Barbara Hendricks *Gundula Janowitz *Maria Jeritza *Sumi Jo *Sena Jurinac *Raina Kabaivanska *Emma Kirkby *Lotte Lehmann *Jenny Lind *Maria Malibran *Eva Marton *Nellie Melba *Zinka Milanov *Nelly Miricioiu *Anna Moffo *Carmen Monarcha *Ma. Cristina \"Kit\" Viguilla-Navarro *Birgitt Nilsson *Jessye Norman *Adelina Patti *Lucia Popp *Leontyne Price *Ema Pukšec, (Ilma De Murska) *Amanda Roocroft *Marijana Radev *Elisabeth Rethberg *Anneliese Rothenberger *Bidu Sayão *Elisabeth Schumann *Elisabeth Schwarzkopf *Beverly Sills *Elisabeth Soderström *Cheryl Studer *Conchita Supervia *Joan Sutherland *Renata Tebaldi *Luisa Tetrazzini *Maggie Teyte *Milka Trnina *Eva Turner *Kiri Te Kanawa *Dawn Upshaw *Galina Vishnevskaya *Ljuba Welitsch *Kirsten Flagstad *Sarah Beckers Famous sopranos have often caused opera enthusiasts to divide into opposing "clubs" supporting one singer over another. The rivalry between the respective fans of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, for example, was one of the most famous of all opera, despite the friendship of the two singers. ==See also== * mezzo soprano, alto (voice), contralto, countertenor, tenor, baritenor, baritone, bass-baritone, basso, castrato, sopranista * music, opera, bel canto Vocal ranges gd:Neach-seinn àirde
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I wonder just how useful are these incomplete, highly abritary lists. Even if they were complete, what is the point? Would it not be better to simply list a couple famous contemporary ones?... -- User:Viajero 11:05 8 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- I changed the listings to emphasize *roles* rather than specific *.singers*. Here is the original listing. -- User:Viajero 16:51 23 Jul 2003 (UTC) === Famous soprano singers=== *Leggero **Kathleen Battle **Barbara Bonney **Ileana Cotrubas **Anneliese Rothenberger **Lillian Watson *Coloratura **June Anderson **Adelina Patti **Joan Sutherland *Lyric **Lucia Albanese **Montserrat Caballé **Teresa Berganza **Mirella Freni **Gundula Janowitz **Kiri Te Kanawa **Victoria de Los Angeles **Zinka Milanov **Elisabeth Schwarzkopf **Eleanor Steber *Dramatic Lyric **Maria Callas **Christina Nilsson **Jessye Norman **Katia Ricciarelli **Cheryl Studer **Renata Tebaldi *Heroic **Jane Eaglen **Anne Evans **Kirsten Flagstad **Birgit Nilsson **Gwyneth Jones ---- Shouldn't we have a specific description of each type of soprano, rather than just a list of representative roles for that type? User:Matt gies 09:49, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) :How would you propose ''describing'' a given voice? If you think you can in terms which can be understood by a lay person, be my guest. -- User:Viajero 11:31, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) ::Well, I'm not that familiar with the types of voice, but I do know that in some cases the difference is primarily in range, not something more subjective like timbre or power. For instance, isn't a lyric soprano supposed to reach the highest range of all?User:Matt gies 19:15, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) :::I think I understand where Matt gies is coming from, but unfortunately it's a little more complicated than that. There's a somewhat arbitrary quality in these classifications. For instance, you mention 'lyric soprano'. Well, that does describe a range, but it also describes a role type. Now, what of a lady whose talent and training allows her to perform roles in more than one category? How does one describe her voice? ''Coloratura'' is a role ''and'' a style and the style is performed by singers of all voice types and both genders. :::Further, range is not conclusive in and of itself. There are mezzo-sopranos who have the exact same vocal range as sopranos; the difference is in where the strongest part of their voice lies, and where they feel most comfortable singing. Some ladies have voices with a great deal of power, for some singing with that much force will wreck their vocal chords, etc. :::For what it's worth, I do like both the list of roles and the list of sopranos as it is without an attempt at pigeon-holing. I would, however, like to change the subheading for roles to Operatic Soprano Types or Soprano Roles in Opera or some such--maybe someone has a better suggestion? I think that 'Types of Soprano' sounds comprehensive but this list only speaks to Operatic Roles. User:Quill 00:57, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC) ---- I've removed this from the top of the page: :''Alternate use: The Sopranos (soap opera)'' I think the chances of somebody linking to soprano when they really mean The Sopranos is basically nill, so this just gets in the way. --User:Camembert == Contesa (Figaro) == Isn't Contesa(Figaro) ususally categorized as Spinto Soprano ? :Well, I wouldn't have placed it as Dramatic Coloratura as my first guess, but I'll leave the argument to those with more knowledge on the subject. User:Quill 00:36, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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