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soprano

DEFINITIONS OF: soprano

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n the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty

Type of:
singing voice
the musical quality of the voice while singing

n a female singer

Examples:
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Eileen Farrell
United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002)
Swedish Nightingale
Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)
Marta Brigit Nilsson
Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)
Jessye Norman
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
Rosa Melba Ponselle
United States soprano (1897-1981)
Mary Leontyne Price
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
Belle Miriam Silverman
United States operatic soprano (born in 1929)
Dame Joan Sutherland
Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)
Renata Tebaldi
Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922)
Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)
Helen Traubel
United States operatic soprano (1903-1972)
Maria Meneghini Callas
Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
Marilyn Horne
United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934)
Helen Porter Mitchell
Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
Alice-Josephine Pons
United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
Types:
coloratura, coloratura soprano
a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
mezzo, mezzo-soprano
a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
Type of:
singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
a person who sings

n the pitch range of the highest female voice

Synonyms:
treble
Type of:
pitch
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

adj having or denoting a high range

soprano voice”
soprano sax”
Synonyms:
treble
high, high-pitched
used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
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