coloratura

• “It also showed an ability to sing coloratura, which is a fast, fluid way of singing music that is ordinarily not that easy for the more dramatic singers.”

  NPR: Maria Callas: Voice Of Perfect Imperfection

• “It also showed an ability to sing coloratura, which is a fast, fluid way of singing music that is ordinarily not easy for the more dramatic singers.”

  NPR Topics: News

• “Now, the French soprano, 45 years old, returns to a part designed for a singer who can handle "coloratura" — elaborate trills and zippy singing.”

  The Wall Street Journal: High Notes

• “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 Guardian: The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 – review

• “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.”

  The Washington Post: Joan Sutherland: addio, Stupenda

• “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.”

  The Washington Post: Joan Sutherland: addio, Stupenda

• “And then came the extra enchantment: a magnificent coloratura voice emerged from this petite five-footer, one that could hold its own with Lauritz Melchior, the renowned Wagnerian tenor.”

  The Guardian: The day I met my Hollywood crush

• “The four soprano parts have so many notes high above the stave, and so much coloratura, that they are usually shared by at least two singers.”

  The Wall Street Journal: In 'Tales of Hoffmann,' All's Fair in Love

• “Gaetano Donizetti Naples, Italy, 1835No one provides a better coloratura "mad scene" – a 19th-century Romantic opera habit – than Donizetti in Lucia, based on Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor.”

  The Guardian: Top 50 operas

• “Once again there are roles requiring coloratura facility (Rosina in The Barber of Seville), lyric roles (Charlotte in Werther) and dramatic roles (Amneris in Aida, Ortrud in Lohengrin).”

  The Guardian: Who's who: the different voices in opera

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