{"id":340,"date":"2015-06-10T23:26:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T23:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/musicappreciation\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=340"},"modified":"2015-09-08T18:29:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T18:29:31","slug":"soprano","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-musicappreciationtheory\/chapter\/soprano\/","title":{"raw":"Soprano","rendered":"Soprano"},"content":{"raw":"The soprano has the highest vocal range of all voice types, with the highest tessitura, or vocal range. A soprano and a mezzo-soprano have a similar range, but their tessituras will lie in different parts of that range. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C<sub>4<\/sub>) = 261\u00a0Hz to \"high A\" (A<sub>5<\/sub>) =880\u00a0Hz in choral music, or to \"soprano C\" (C<sub>6<\/sub>, two octaves above middle C) =1046\u00a0Hz or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody.\u00a0The soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, soubrette, lyric,\u00a0spinto, and dramatic soprano. The lyric soprano is the most common female singing voice.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Coloratura Soprano<\/strong> -\u00a0The coloratura soprano may be a lyric coloratura or a dramatic coloratura. The lyric coloratura soprano is a very agile light voice with a high upper extension capable of fast vocal coloratura.\u00a0The dramatic coloratura soprano is a coloratura soprano with great flexibility in high-lying velocity passages, yet with great sustaining power comparable to that of a full spinto or dramatic soprano.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Soubrette Soprano<\/strong>- \u00a0A soubrette soprano refers to both a voice type and a particular type of opera role. A soubrette voice is light with a bright, sweet timbre, a tessitura in the mid-range, and with no extensive coloratura.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Lyric Soprano<\/strong> - The lyric soprano is a warm voice with a bright, full timbre, which can be heard over a big orchestra. It generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays endearingly wholesome young girl or woman\u00a0or other sympathetic characters in opera.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Spinto Soprano<\/strong> - The Spinto soprano has the brightness and height of a lyric soprano, but can be \"pushed\" to dramatic climaxes without strain, and may have a somewhat darker timbre.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Dramatic Soprano<\/strong> -\u00a0A dramatic soprano (or <i>soprano robusto<\/i>) has a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over a full orchestra. Usually (but not always) this voice has a lower tessitura than other sopranos, and a darker timbre.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<h3>Listen: Soprano<\/h3>\r\nListen to the aria \"<a href=\"https:\/\/content.thespco.org\/music\/compositions\/aria-bella-mia-fiamma-resta-o-cara-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bella mia fiamma\u2014Resta, o cara<\/a>\" by Beethoven.\r\n\r\nBelow is a video of\u00a0Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villaz\u00f3n in Verdi's <em>La Traviata<\/em> at the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Carlo Rizzi and directed by Willy Decker.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/cFJJ1zFBWgY?t=1s\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>The soprano has the highest vocal range of all voice types, with the highest tessitura, or vocal range. A soprano and a mezzo-soprano have a similar range, but their tessituras will lie in different parts of that range. The soprano&#8217;s vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C<sub>4<\/sub>) = 261\u00a0Hz to &#8220;high A&#8221; (A<sub>5<\/sub>) =880\u00a0Hz in choral music, or to &#8220;soprano C&#8221; (C<sub>6<\/sub>, two octaves above middle C) =1046\u00a0Hz or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody.\u00a0The soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, soubrette, lyric,\u00a0spinto, and dramatic soprano. The lyric soprano is the most common female singing voice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coloratura Soprano<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0The coloratura soprano may be a lyric coloratura or a dramatic coloratura. The lyric coloratura soprano is a very agile light voice with a high upper extension capable of fast vocal coloratura.\u00a0The dramatic coloratura soprano is a coloratura soprano with great flexibility in high-lying velocity passages, yet with great sustaining power comparable to that of a full spinto or dramatic soprano.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soubrette Soprano<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a0A soubrette soprano refers to both a voice type and a particular type of opera role. A soubrette voice is light with a bright, sweet timbre, a tessitura in the mid-range, and with no extensive coloratura.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lyric Soprano<\/strong> &#8211; The lyric soprano is a warm voice with a bright, full timbre, which can be heard over a big orchestra. 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