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coloratura
[kuhl-er-uh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh, kol-, kohl-]
noun
runs, trills, and other florid decorations in vocal music.
a lyric soprano of high range who specializes in such music.
coloratura
/ ˈkɒlərəˌtjʊə, ˌkɒlərəˈtʊərə /
noun
(in 18th- and 19th-century arias) a florid virtuoso passage
( as modifier )
a coloratura aria
Also called: coloratura soprano.a lyric soprano who specializes in such music
coloratura
Elaborate ornamentation in a piece of vocal music. A coloratura soprano is one who can sing such highly ornamented parts.
Word History and Origins
Origin of coloratura1
Word History and Origins
Origin of coloratura1
Example Sentences
“But I so love what her voice does on it — how open her coloratura is — that I’ll leave that for her,” she adds.
She was a coloratura soprano with an almost freakish vocal range — nearly four octaves, it was said, a voice capable, if any voice is, of the wineglass-shattering stunt of legend.
“She is a lyric coloratura, with a relatively small voice that carries in a big auditorium by virtue of its concentrated tone. And she is a complete actress, in voice and movement.”
She was admired for her coloratura singing and feared for her business chops.
Seal Beach Symphony’s Mother’s Day Recital Pianist Van-Anh Nguyen and coloratura soprano Hila Plitman are among the performers slated for a program that includes works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy and Chopin.
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