Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or being a lyric operatic voice with some attributes of the dramatic voice: a spinto soprano.
Etymologies
- Italian, past participle of spingere, to push, from Vulgar Latin *expingere : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin pangere, to fasten; see impinge. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“By this stage in her career Scotto's voice was substantially ravaged, and it's one of those chicken-and-egg deals: Was the voice ruined by her move into "spinto" - weight (i.e., between”
“Duff Murphy, KUSC-FM's effervescent opera buff, labels him a "lyric" tenor, but "spinto" is probably closer to the mark.”
The Huffington Post: Rodney Punt: Jonas Kaufmann Triumphs in Lieder Recital for LA Opera
“Special categories include the tenore di grazia (many Rossini roles); the lyric tenor (eg Alfredo in La Traviata); the halfway house of the lirico-spinto tenor (Cavaradossi in Tosca); spinto (Canio in Pagliacci); and – for the major Wagner roles – the Heldentenor.”
“I thought we'd listen to tenor Rolando Villazon, who is singing today, Mexican tenor who is a lyric tenor mainly, but in opera geek parlance you might call him a lyrico spinto (ph).”
“It doesn't have the same kind of vibrancy or edge as an Italian spinto or dramatic soprano.”
“When I hear Adam Lambert I hear a strong high range alto or spinto tenor using his natural voice and using it well.”
“Stewart has a beautiful, full-bodied voice, but is he really a spinto?”
“The search for a perfection beyond reality; the rare and exquisite nature of the lyric-spinto voice that inspires both awe and envy; the sacrifice made in the quest for immortality...”
“When the lyric-spinto? voice of the rose IS heard in the passionate and perfectly harmonious chorus of other notes, it does sound wonderfully realistic.”
“Not precisely, lyric is the lightest voice, spinto a little heavier and dramatic heaviest.”
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
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Public List: Lift Every Voice
Vocal techniques.
word shaping, backphrasing, vibrato, scat, coloratura, rubato, falsetto, death growl, overtone singing, harmonic singing, yodeling, ululation and 17 more...
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fasten-ating
a reflection on the Indo-European root pag & pak to fasten
peace, pay, patio, fay, fang, impact, pax, newfangled, pagan, peasant, pectin, spinto and 58 more...
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Music
sackbut, quaternion, carillon, luthier, pizzicato, purfling, jig, ditty, tritone, blue note, ostinato, mellifluent and 13 more...
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A Night at the Opera
Opera terminology.
sitzprobe, claque, maestro, impresario, divo, diva, spinto, bel canto, falsetto, parlando, pants role, trouser role and 50 more...
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