| 单词 | coloratura |
| 例句 | Coloratura Soprano — This is not really a different range from the soprano, but a coloratura soprano has a voice that is unusually high, light, and agile, even for a soprano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Before Verdi, composers often wrote for the sole purpose of allowing a performer to showcase their talent: spectacular coloraturas, impressive high notes etc. Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z Her singing is true, flexible at the top in coloratura passages and glowing in texture throughout the scale.” Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano and Principal at Met, Dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Chamberlin has a field day with the coloratura lampooning of "Glitter and Be Gay," the song that allowed a still-young Barbara Cook to show off her agile soprano in the original Broadway production. 'Candide' is revisited in a playfully imaginative staging by Long Beach Opera 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z “And he took a work that featured the trombone, ‘Blue Light,’ renamed it ‘Transblucency,’ and blended trombone with her highest-notes coloratura voice.” Kay Davis, 91 Dies; Ellington Used Her Voice as Instrument 2012-02-23T09:25:22Z She manages to avoid shrillness in what she aptly calls the “Wagnerian coloratura spectacle” that is her final “Exterminating Angel” aria, a flood of sustained superhigh sound up to F. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z More perplexing are imprecisions in her coloratura throughout, and a rather odd way with a text. Bach: Cantatas and Arias ? review 2011-03-10T21:30:00Z Yoncheva has coloratura agility, retained from her early days as a Baroque specialist, and isolated high notes pop out clearly. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Making her company debut, the coloratura soprano Aleksandra Olczyk did not conquer the outrageous demands of the Queen of the Night. Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z The aria eventually breaks into joyous bursts of dazzling coloratura passagework, with rousing exclamations from the chorus, and Ms. DiDonato delivered. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z This fantastical melodrama is a showcase for a brilliant coloratura soprano portraying a wily sorceress. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z He is a coloratura dancer; so, it emerges, is she. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga, Together for the First Time 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Her singing was technically assured, with clean coloratura passagework and shimmering top notes, and sensitively phrased. Review: ‘Rigoletto’ at the Met Opera Sounds Almost Desperate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z It's superficially bright and easy, but actually all that coloratura expresses a deep longing. Ariadne ducks the bombs at the Glyndebourne festival 2013-05-15T18:00:02Z Then they tackled the lovers' big duet of reconciliation, spinning out their harmonised coloratura with heady perfection. Joshua/Connolly/Bicket 2010-04-05T21:30:00Z Before a meditation on the use of color in fiction—“not as symbol, like Fitzgerald’s green . . . but as a unifying wash,” like Sebald’s gray—she exclaims, “Coloration, coloratura. Words, sounds, a streak of color: synesthesia!” The Deeply Wacky Pleasures of Jane Alison’s “Meander, Spiral, Explode” 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z There is that creamy O’Hara coloratura, too, to sing us all into happy submission and apply to this revival an apropos adjective: unmissable. Review | On Broadway, I just saw my first ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ It was worth the wait. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Elsewhere there are passages of Bach-like counterpoint, Handelian coloratura, simple lullaby and Modernist astringency, all unified by a stunned, inexorable dramatic momentum. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z Ms. Damrau sings the role radiantly, combining agile coloratura with plush, vibrant sound, the embodiment of youthful yearning and restlessness. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z She dispatched the coloratura runs and roulades in Zerbinetta’s extravagantly showy aria with ease. 2010-02-06T05:43:00Z Mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon, as Anna's intended, possesses a fiery coloratura technique and warm tone in the lower part of her voice, but her high notes often sound strident. 'Maometto' takes Santa Fe Opera by storm 2012-08-05T16:44:09Z Many opera buffs and singers would choose Norma as the hardest soprano role in the repertory, requiring agile coloratura technique, elegant bel canto lyricism, Wagnerian power for the soaring dramatic outbursts, stamina and more. Music Review: Angela Meade Takes on ?Norma? at Caramoor 2010-07-12T22:10:00Z It is sometimes apparent that razor-sharp coloratura is not Ms. Netrebko’s strong suit. Opera Review: Anna Netrebko?s Bel Canto Moment 2011-04-12T11:05:35Z It encourages fandom through substance, by showing us the art itself, illuminating its workings, and educating us about recitativo and coloratura. “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. Review: Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Sizzle in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at the Met 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Some breathiness perforated her tone, and her vibrato widened at high volume, but she did tap into the magic of her early coloratura days with a silvery, delicately vulnerable “Prendi.” Review: A Tenor Arrives at the Met Opera in ‘Elisir’ 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z It is a hugely dramatic piece with tonnes of coloratura and some awkward and exposed high notes. A bite of William Tell 2011-07-15T22:55:03Z She dispatched coloratura runs and filigree with ease and agility. Two Major Met Opera Arrivals, Just 15 Hours Apart 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z She went to LaGuardia High School, the “Fame” school, and from there to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she hoped to become a coloratura soprano. In ‘Blindspotting’ Series, Jasmine Cephas Jones Steps Into Full View 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The fairy godmother, in her smart blue jacket and skirt, here becomes the efficient manager of the cinema, and the impressive coloratura soprano Elizabeth Sutphen sings the role splendidly. Opera Review: ‘Cendrillon,’ From Massenet, Is Playing at Juilliard 2014-04-24T22:40:30Z It seemed to take a moment for Christiane Karg, the main soprano soloist, to adjust to Mr. Nézet-Séguin’s haste, but once she did, she reveled in the coloratura and sang beautifully throughout. Music Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-05T21:43:45Z The level of dancing in the “Raymonda” was extraordinarily high at both performances, with virtuoso coloratura made musically acute and danced with full-out verve. Review: Miami City Ballet in ‘Heatscape,’ a Fleeting Chase of Romance 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z His voice reaches for the heavens in a solitary burst of coloratura. A Beethoven Aria Was Lost. I Filled In the Missing Pages. 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z She sang a wide range of roles, but her husband and long-time collaborator, the conductor Richard Bonynge, was convinced that her future lay in the florid passages of the coloratura repertoire. Opera great Joan Sutherland dies aged 83 2010-10-11T17:15:00Z She praised my tone, she talked about how to make coloratura twinkle. Marina Poplavskaya: 'I am a person of extraordinary ability' 2011-04-09T23:05:35Z Yet the way Ms. Bartoli shapes the supple phrases and dispatches the dazzling coloratura roulades, combined with the gleam in her observant eyes, suggests that Isabella will soon figure out how to handle the situation. At Salzburg, an Unlikely Operatic Trio of Women Finding Their Way 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Lastly, there's Cenerentola's big rondo finale, in which she's finally allowed the full range of coloratura fireworks: trills, scales and extravagant cascades of notes flying in all directions. La Cenerentola - a musical guide 2012-06-19T12:21:43Z Benjamin Hulett tackles his exacting coloratura numbers with great elegance, while Andrew Foster-Williams has fun as Charon, a character added by Smollett, whose adaptation was clearly very free. Handel: Alceste – review 2012-07-12T20:52:01Z She delivered some of the most difficult coloratura passages with scintillating precision, evidently at ease in this repertory. Music Review: ‘Le Comte Ory,’ With Pretty Yende, at the Metropolitan Opera 2013-01-18T23:09:37Z The second option would make it easier to execute the coloratura roulades during this, well, ecstatic music, but Ms. Yende preferred for the two women to twirl together, like impish schoolgirls. ‘I Could Barely Sing a High C’: Pretty Yende Finally Conquers Lucia 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z She sings with a quick vibrato that made long lines sound a little nervous, but her coloratura was terrific. National Philharmonic Chorale pays homage to Mozart at Strathmore On the back of such stories, Andrews was given a slew of lionising monikers: "prima donna in pigtails," "infant prodigy of trills," "the miracle voice" and "Britain's juvenile coloratura." "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z She can do everything: spin long lines, articulate coloratura cleanly, and she has easy, gleaming high notes. Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z For me the elaborateness of the music, with its requisite coloratura roulades and passagework, seems too forced. Music Review | Metropolitan Opera: At the Met, What a Piece of Work Is This Man 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z But I had naturally very good coloratura and a good voice in between the soprano and mezzo. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian Soprano 2012-03-30T16:27:11Z It was he who recognised from the start that her voice was a dramatic coloratura, and he tricked her into singing notes she believed were far too high for her. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z Singing with a distinctive, rich dark-hued voice, she demonstrated the requisite power, fluid coloratura and bel canto lyricism of a worthy interpreter of Bellini’s druid priestess. Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z She navigated the coloratura hurdles with ease throughout, her shading, dynamic control and expressive nuance rendering the confession scene particularly potent. Review: In ‘Maria Stuarda,’ Sondra Radvanovsky Makes a Vivid Impact 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z In Rossini’s version, which begins with the devious sorceress hurling dazzling coloratura lines that parallel her deceptions, the composer craftily strips away her ornaments as her helplessness is revealed. Tellings of Armida?s Story, Including Gluck?s at Juilliard 2012-02-03T15:51:38Z In the up-tempo section of the serenade, his coloratura execution is a little scrambled. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z The part, relying more on lyrical expansion than coloratura virtuosity, was a good fit for Fleming. When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z My mother, Lucille Potter Lavin, was a singer, an opera singer, with a very beautiful lyric coloratura and a brief but dazzling career in New York. Linda Lavin: The First Time I Sang in New York. (It Was a Bar Mitzvah) 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z As Olympia, Mizuho Takeshita, wearing a hoop skirt that bounced with her perky movements, sang with fluid coloratura in her showpiece aria. Music Review: ‘Tales of Hoffmann,’ Showcases Young Voices at Kaye Playhouse 2013-07-14T20:22:59Z The title role of Violetta is said to require three voices: a coloratura for the high-wire first act, a lyric for the second act and an even fuller sound for the final death scene. Review | Washington National Opera appeases traditionalists with a safe ‘Traviata’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Sarah Tynan, the only originally scheduled soloist, was agile in the curlicues of coloratura that illustrate the dove cooing to his mate and, in the words of the libretto, “the nightingale’s delightful notes.” Review: Haydn’s ‘Creation’: The Birth of All, With High Hopes at Mostly Mozart 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z She was admired for her coloratura singing and feared for her business chops. London Tours Explore the Worlds of Opera and Classical Music 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Fomina displayed a stellar array of coloratura flights and high notes, along with plenty of charm; Liverman’s warm, agile baritone was enhanced by a suave and savvy stage presence. Seattle Opera offers an action-packed ‘Barber of Seville’ 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Some lyric coloraturas — they of the shimmery floating voices — simply get thinner and slightly more brittle. CD reviews: Diana Damrau, ‘Fiamma del Belcanto’; ‘ZOFO Plays Terry Riley’ 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “She took Peruvian traditional music, set it in the popular music vein and sang it with the voice of a coloratura soprano but infused it with jazz and blues,” says Limansky. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z She displays seemingly effortless command of coloratura embellishments throughout a wide vocal range. DiDonato a luminous Mary Stuart at Met 2013-01-01T09:46:04Z Ms. Netrebko’s approach is to sing coloratura as an expressive elaboration of the vocal line, as she did affectingly as Anna. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z One top-speed coloratura cluster of steps on the spot stops you from analyzing even as you watch, because its arrival is so sudden that its impact is that of an exploding cloud. Dance Review: Gabriel Miss? and Analia Centuri?n at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-03-08T00:28:13Z Yet, as she later explained in interviews, rather than letting her voice expand and support the sound, she tried to maintain her agility and coloratura lightness and started singing in a constrained way. Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z She maintained an exquisite poise, leaving the drama to the voice, where it flowered richly in coloratura more expressive than the words themselves. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW With Heras-Casado at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-12-18T22:47:07Z The piece is not afraid to play with operatic conventions, as in the Roman general’s exaggerated coloratura, but neither is it emptily ironic. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z Mary Carmen Catoya, who shared with her the lead roles in “Divertimento No. 15” and “Don Quixote,” proved her equal in coloratura footwork and, in “Don Quixote,” showed even more relish for bravura. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet in Liam Scarlett Work at Kravis Center 2013-01-28T23:05:18Z The arias, Ms. van Kampen said, are not about dazzling the audience with coloratura sound, but about the beauty and healing power of a voice. Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z One of the few other singers who can make coloratura seem so effortless is the soprano Diana Damrau, equally appealing in her house role debut as Adina. Music Review: ?L?Elisir d?Amore? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-07T00:10:31Z But when she reprised that role for Mary Zimmerman’s 2010 production of the work at the Metropolitan Opera, which returned last month, she had to compromise technically on the coloratura passagework in this demanding music. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z From this scintillating coloratura waltz, the role grows heavier and sits more solidly in the voice. At Castleton Festival, a fitting tribute to Lorin Maazel 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z But where Ms. Ono could turn a scream into a coloratura aria, the average amateur participant just gave an explosive shriek and scampered away. Art Review: ‘Soundings’ Features Art With Audio Elements 2013-08-08T20:41:20Z The language is neo-expressionist, with clusters featuring prominently, and vocal writing that ranges between speech and declamation and the most taxing coloratura. Reimann: Melusine 2010-08-19T21:30:00Z Except in the case of the opera’s Queen of the Night, played by the acclaimed coloratura Sabine Devieilhe, who comes through with that famous high note. ‘The Magic Flute’ Review: Mozart Meets CGI, With Help From a Tween 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Most important, even at this early point in her career, she already uses coloratura not merely to sound pretty but also to express character. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Trovatore’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-10-02T22:20:47Z Ms. Netrebko, who opened the Met’s season starring in a new production of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena,” may not have the light lyric coloratura voice of some classic Manons, and her singing was not flawless. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z Her powerful soprano has an acid brightness that is well suited to coloratura showpieces, but can lack warmth in more tender exchanges. Review: James Levine Opens Last Run as Metropolitan Opera Music Director 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z She turns flights of coloratura passagework into bursts of jealousy and defiance as Elizabeth contends with the threat that Mary, a blood relative, poses to her reign in England. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z Ms. Damrau sang with fluid ease, nimbly scaling the coloratura heights. Music Review: ?L?Elisir d?Amore? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-07T00:10:31Z Mattiwilda Dobbs, a coloratura soprano who was the third African-American to appear as a principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera, died on Tuesday at her home in Atlanta. Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano and Principal at Met, Dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But Richard Bonynge, a pianist, coach and conductor she met as a fellow student at London's Royal College of Music, pushed her into coloratura repertory. Obituary: Soprano Joan Sutherland was opera legend 2010-10-12T03:18:00Z Dewdrop is a virtuoso coloratura role, with rapid-trilling runs on point, jumps in which one foot is brilliantly flourished in the air, and pirouettes of bewildering complexity. Under City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Tree, Dancers Find New Roles 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Though not seamless, Shafer's rendition of the fiendishly difficult “Candide” coloratura showpiece, "Glitter and Be Gay," brought the audience to its feet. Bernstein's spirit brought back to the stage, from 'Fancy Free' to '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue' 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z It demands Adagio and Allegro skills, and its most scintillating coloratura passages should seem effortless. Even Balanchine’s Arithmetic Contains Drama 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z If he were around to oversee the Met’s new production of “Ory,” he would surely be altering vocal parts to show off Ms. Damrau’s coloratura technique and Mr. Flórez’s top notes. Whose Version of Rossini? Scholar Disagrees With the Met 2011-04-08T19:41:26Z This led her to further explorations of bel canto repertory, including music with daunting coloratura challenges. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z Nicholas Tamagna proved the standout in the title role, singing with a luminous countertenor, strong coloratura and dramatic conviction as he evolved from swaggering unpleasantness to humbled redemption. Music Review: Handel’s ‘Rodrigo’ at Gershwin Hotel 2013-05-22T20:40:44Z After a moment, I identified it as an element coming from Annie Gosfield’s laptop — and the piercing coloratura motif as a sample from her own recent operatic adaptation of “The War of the Worlds.” Review: A Tour Through the Hyperactive World of John Zorn 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Her slightly disembodied tone and a certain skittishness in her coloratura seemed appropriate to her incorporeal character. Music Review: A Generous Opening to the Lucerne Easter Festival 2011-04-11T17:51:16Z A coloratura soprano spans an even wider range. Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Clear in declamation and clean and agile in coloratura, her voice lacked glamour and heat, qualities that are essential to this vivid and vital character. Music Review: ?Anna Bolena? ? Review 2011-10-23T23:41:09Z Screw it, she decides: As champagne fizzes of coloratura rise and rise, she declares that she is “forever free” and brings the curtain down in defiance. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “There’s a particular thrill about that high coloratura range,” Mr. Adès said in a phone interview. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The playfulness is in the timing — not least in timing the final beat of an intensely coloratura phrase to the music. Utsav, a Festival of Indian Dance and Music 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z There was some roughness and smudgy coloratura passagework in her singing, moments when she sacrificed clear Italian diction in pursuit of intensity. Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z She performs every coloratura aria as a physical workout, jumping and pumping on each rapid trill or ornament. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z The gorgeous gliding phrases, the hairbreadth pauses, the coloratura flourishes all emanate from the same source. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga Tango With Passion and Laughter 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z At each concert, Stepanyuk brings the spirit of Ukraine, loud and clear and several octaves high as a lyric coloratura soprano, a kind of voice characterized by extreme agility and flexibility. Ukrainian opera singer in Japan prays for peace in melody 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z I was all set to go to a concert here in Ireland with Cara O'Sullivan, who is a national treasure dramatic coloratura soprano, and Noah Stewart, whom I've wanted to hear for ages. Behind the Scenes of ‘Tosca,’ the Messiest Production in Met History 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z This is a role for a singer with superb technical agility, an artist who can dispatch its intricate coloratura passages, vocal leaps and long-spun melodic lines. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z That paradox is crystallized in “One More Kiss,” warbled by an ancient Viennese soprano while her younger self casually tosses off its coloratura. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The most overtly comic scenes, in the French manner, involve Oscar, the page, a pants role, played here by the bright-voiced coloratura soprano Kathleen Kim, wearing a bit of a goatee. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z Mado Robin, a French coloratura, was recorded shrilling up to a B flat, but she never sang at the Met. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z She accompanied herself at the piano, smiling at the camera through awe-inspiring coloratura with the charisma of a cabaret singer. For Classical Music, Spring Was the Season of Solos 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Amina’s climactic sleepwalking scene requires both delicate lyricism and daring coloratura agility; Ms. Park had both. Review: Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula,’ Sung by Promising Young Voices 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The appealing coloratura soprano Hye Jung Lee was a wonderful Olympia, tossing off roulades and runs, and singing with bright, penetrating, creamy sound. Music Review: San Francisco Offers Stravinsky and Offenbach 2013-06-24T21:37:07Z Marina, a lyric soprano, and Miriam, a coloratura soprano, were born in Las Vegas. Sister acts: Musical siblings share the spotlight at Seattle Opera, Meany Theater 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It's a brilliant coup, complete with Spanish habanera, glittering splashes of coloratura and ironic vocal rhapsody. Glyndebourne 2012: A musical guide to the Ravel opera double bill 2012-08-16T11:05:51Z A more naturally coloratura executant than Ms. Lovette, he danced his solos with real musicianship, linking the beaten jumps and turns into long phrases. Debuts at New York City Ballet 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z His eye-rolling, pantomiming performance sometimes grew exhausting, but vocally, he remained focused and resonant in every angle and turn of the sometimes preposterous coloratura passages Rossini assigned to him. Review: ‘L’Italiana in Algeri,’ a Comedy With Coloratura and Pasta 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Those coloratura legs and feet of hers show how her gift for musical rubato is connected to the skill of her technique. Women Fill New York City Ballet’s Season With Splendor 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z That Rossini conceived Rosina as a mezzo-soprano role has not stopped generations of coloratura sopranos from claiming it, Pons among them. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z It’s very much a coloratura instrument rather than a lyric one — a voice built more for dexterity than warmth — with a narrow spectrum of brilliant colors. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The unaccompanied cadenza was a combination of high-velocity coloratura and ethereal moaning, as if Mozart's Queen of the Night were being sung by a whale. Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review 2012-11-26T12:37:30Z Daniel Norman traces Joshua's development from anxious stripling to grand elder statesman, though Handel's florid coloratura rarely sits easily with the tenor voice. Joshua – review 2013-05-01T12:55:42Z “Richard had decided — long before I agreed with him — that I was a coloratura,” she said. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z Companies that sing opera in their audience's language, such as ENO or the Komische Oper in Berlin, have found that it is not the Italian, but the coloratura that stands in the way. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z “It was like, This isn’t me singing coloratura at the Met. This can be part of my process. The audience is a collaborator.” Isaac Oliver: Reading as Cabaret 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Then she stood up and took a deep breath, and the singing became even more deeply felt, the coloratura more accurate and fiery. Anna Netrebko Prepares to Star in ?Anna Bolena? at the Met 2011-09-25T03:00:06Z He sounded in fine form, his athletic voice navigating the coloratura hurdles with smooth legato and impressive control. Music Review: ?L?Elisir d?Amore? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-07T00:10:31Z By Strauss’s four “Mädchenblumen,” she had a slightly metallic, brassy sound that she wielded with careful calculation, although her coloratura throughout was ever so slightly sloppy. How a soprano’s voice unfolds in the course of an evening 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Ashton’s choreography, takes what he once called the brittle quality of Shearer’s dancing and encapsulates it in movement of coloratura intricacy and musical wit. ‘The Tales of Hoffmann,’ Newly Restored, Opens at Film Forum 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z If coloratura passages are not always smoothly executed, each run and roulade has shape and character. Review of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’ 2012-09-25T12:41:03Z With breath control to match the most skilled coloratura soprano, Ms. Griffin holds forth at a relentless clip for two straight hours without a break, taking just the occasional sip from a glass of water. | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z Regarding the coloratura contortions of the florid baroque and bel canto repertory she champions, Ms. DiDonato said she learned from performing Handel that “if you don’t infuse meaning into it, it can be superfluous.” Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z It was no surprise that Damrau could sparkle with her coloratura as the mechanical doll Olympia. Munich's hit 'Hoffmann,' far-out 'Fidelio' 2011-11-28T14:46:10Z In England, George Lascelles, the seventh earl of Harewood and an authority on opera, called her “the outstanding coloratura of her generation,” with a “tenderly beautiful voice.” Mattiwilda Dobbs, pathbreaking operatic soprano, dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Oedipus was played by Ian Bostridge, who aspirated his coloratura at times; but Stravinskyan stylisation suits him rather well, and he charted the progression from hauteur to debasement with passion and commitment. BBCPhil/Gruber – review 2013-03-14T17:49:19Z No less vivid are the patter of the dialogue, the elegance of the melodic lines, her flair in the cascades of coloratura. Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z Rosemary’s music, at first, combines melodic coloratura madness with cosmic undercurrents of rock. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z She reprises those coloratura feats in “The Exterminating Angel” as Leticia, an opera diva, in a part that reaches up to high F. Your Guide to the Met Opera’s ‘Exterminating Angel’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Devieilhe is that rarity, a genuine coloratura soprano, with a voice that skyrockets up into the stratosphere and, once there, moves around with the agility and ease of a Flying Wallenda. ‘The Weber Sisters’ throw fresh light on Mozart vocalism 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Rita Shane, a dramatic coloratura soprano admired for the range, flexibility and size of her voice, as well as the intensity she brought to her performances, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. Rita Shane, a Met Soprano Known for Range and Intensity, Dies at 78 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z The role is a tour de force for a soprano who can combine alluring long-spun lyrical singing with dazzling, sometimes demonic, coloratura flights. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z WARSAW, Poland — Family members and hundreds of fans bid farewell Monday to Violetta Villas, a Polish coloratura soprano who spurned opera for popular music and once reigned in a Las Vegas cabaret. Poland's Villas, once Las Vegas star, laid to rest 2011-12-19T16:44:15Z Once past a shaky opening aria, she sang with gorgeous, dramatically incisive tone and revealed great facility in coloratura. Soprano Angela Meade conquers 'Norma' 2010-07-11T19:01:00Z There's also a wonderfully jaunty baroque number with a lot of coloratura, and a setting of an anonymous 15th-century dirge that's incredibly difficult to sing – and really quite scary. Benjamin Britten: a top 10 2013-01-09T19:30:01Z What really surprises here, however, is that the lofty master of the severely sculpted phrase kicked off his career by writing coloratura showstoppers of fashionable difficulty for the divas of his day. Cherubini: Overtures and Arias from Florence to Paris ? review 2012-02-08T15:30:02Z And in the “Jewel Song,” in which Marguerite discovers the box of goodies, her scintillating coloratura runs, if not entirely accurate, were heady and ebullient. Music Review: A Review of the Metropolitan Opera?s ?Faust? 2011-11-30T13:23:05Z Her sound was enormous, rich and unforced; her coloratura runs and passagework were dispatched with aplomb and precision. Music Review: Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-07T23:04:32Z All of it is held together by Sumac’s operatic trills, which could leap from low growls to high-C coloratura that sounded as if it could shatter glass. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z You can feel Ms. Lange giving her all to each of her big set pieces, but they often feel too exquisitely self-contained, like coloratura arias in an opera. Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Is a Tempest in a Bourbon Bottle 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z As Rosina, Lucy Crowe is glorious: her light, nimble coloratura immaculate, her eyebrows speaking with a sign language all of their own. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z Dewdrop and Marzipan, female roles, both involve coloratura brilliance. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Of course, it was the amazing security of her top notes and the dazzling accuracy of her coloratura that always brought the house down. Joan Sutherland: a tribute 2010-10-11T17:15:00Z Though she made no particular attempt to match the mostly vibratoless playing of the strings, she sang with pure, lovely tone and handled the coloratura of “Thrice happy lovers” deftly and gracefully. Music Review: Juilliard415 Plays ?Fairy Queen? and ?F?tes d?H?b?? 2012-01-31T23:26:55Z She floated pianissimo high notes, shaped melodic lines with suppleness and dispatched coloratura runs so that they emerged as elaborations of lyrical lines, not just showy passagework. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-07T20:57:38Z As you walk along it, you might hear a bit of coloratura from an open window at the Boston Conservatory or see folks enjoying a peaceful moment in Forsyth Park. The Best Secret Streets Around the World 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z At 33, Ms. Yende has become one of the most accomplished and charismatic coloratura sopranos of her generation. ‘I Could Barely Sing a High C’: Pretty Yende Finally Conquers Lucia 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z But does she ever indulge in coloratura fancywork, complete with interpolated high C’s and D’s and all manner of elaborate embellishments. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z Rossini tenors have often been caricatured as pinched and nasal — you try to hit those high notes! — but Mr. Camarena is melting and nuanced, clarion in coloratura, his sound sunny and earnest. Review: ‘Semiramide’ Returns to the Met, Unglamorous but Excellent 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z But her voice — and her rapid-fire coloratura — are remarkably well preserved, and her enthusiasm is irresistible. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Soprano Danielle Talamantes did most of the heavy lifting in the Haydn and, even with a huge voice that carried easily over the chorus and orchestra, handled the coloratura cleanly. National Philharmonic Chorale brings two hefty works to the stage 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Andrews made her professional West End debut in 1947 where she dazzled audiences with a coloratura performance of the Polonaise from Mignon. "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z If she seemed a bit tentative and over-reverential at the start of this overflowing exultation, she rose wholeheartedly to the “Allelujah,” with effortless coloratura. Colliding Concerts Deliver a Surfeit of Mozart 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z In a famous coloratura cadenza, she reaches Nirvana. They’ve Come Undone: Giselle, Lucia and Romantic Madness 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z “There’s coloratura in the vocal writing, which isn’t my thing,” she said. Far From Valhalla: A Tabloid Star Is Joining The Sisterhood Of the Fallen 2011-02-13T01:06:18Z Italian opera was largely high-voice dominated, and of course relied heavily on extreme coloratura, whereas in the French tradition, you're dealing with female sopranos but no castrati, as well as basses and very high tenors. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - Baroque à la française 2013-07-23T14:35:12Z Constance, Blanche’s fellow novice and dramatic foil, is easily cast with a perky coloratura voice. Review: Poulenc’s Nuns, United by Faith, Return to the Met 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z She was intelligent to keep singing the light coloratura, but she’s ready for more dramatic roles. Anna Netrebko Prepares to Star in ?Anna Bolena? at the Met 2011-09-25T03:00:06Z None of these three offered the bewildering feats of prestissimo coloratura footwork that are now a celebrated feature of the dancing of Gabriel Missé, but there is room in the world for all of them. Tango Stars Perform at Dardo Galletto Studios 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The Bel Canto coloratura is not the most natural fit for her voice, but she sings it convincingly and was more relaxed than last spring, leading to a more breezy feeling throughout. Rossini's `Armida' revived at Metropolitan Opera 2011-02-19T23:16:04Z Gepopo, the chief of the secret police, wields her icy coloratura soprano like a stiletto. Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z Sung and played with freshness and spirit by the Venice Baroque and six youthful soloists, this disc – full of showpiece da capo arias and gleeful coloratura – may up your game on the obscure opera front. L'Olympiade: the Opera ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:27Z Ms. Fleming painted her coloratura in broad strokes, but it was enough that she threw herself and her voice wholeheartedly into the considerable drama. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns in ?Rodelinda? Opera - Review 2011-11-15T22:51:34Z Her luscious, pliant voice has allowed her — at 48, an age at which many lyric coloratura sopranos begin winding down — to take cannily calculated steps outside her comfort zone. Elizabeth Futral at Lincoln Center Festival and Glimmerglass 2012-07-18T21:49:41Z Her voice had richness and bloom; she sang tenderly and with agile coloratura technique. Critic’s Notebook: Musical Chairs at the Met 2013-12-06T22:52:05Z My voice is a light lyric soprano, with a bit of coloratura. ‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Bel canto purists have long debated whether Ms. Netrebko is a natural to the style, especially in her execution of coloratura passagework. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z The soprano Erin Morley brought impressive coloratura technique and a sumptuous sound to her vibrant performance as Angelica, while the velvety colorings of Sasha Cooke’s ample mezzo-soprano were ideal for Medoro. Review: The English Concert Performs Handel’s ‘Orlando’ at Carnegie Hall 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z While her coloratura ornamentation was solid, if not spectacular, Ms. Shagimuratova didn’t use it to dramatic purpose. Review: In ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Met, Singing Through Sickness 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z With a voice of reduced agility, size and power, Ms. Fleming now paces herself cautiously, simplifying or dodging many of the coloratura fireworks. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns to Rossini?s Tale of a Sorceress and Her Crusader 2011-02-20T22:58:51Z Handel embellished his score when he brought it to London in 1750 so that the star castrato Guadagni could show off his fancy coloratura – which grants modern countertenors the leeway to have some fun. RSNO/McGegan review 2011-01-05T21:46:00Z The crisscross patterns in the coda of the pas de trois are the wittiest sequence in all Marius Petipa’s output, and the ballerina variations perfectly demonstrate his gift for coloratura brilliance. Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The daughter of an early civil rights activist, Ms. Dobbs forged a path in music as one of the most admired coloratura sopranos of her era. Mattiwilda Dobbs, pathbreaking operatic soprano, dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Both women sometimes sounded tired on Handel’s coloratura treadmill. Music Review | 'Partenope': Gender-Bending ?Partenope? at City Opera 2010-04-04T22:12:00Z A great singer can float a delicate pianissimo or belt out a dramatic monologue or thrill us with her rapid coloratura or caress her way through the most agonizing love music. Criticized for her weight, opera star Deborah Voigt speaks up 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Though she does not have perfect coloratura technique, she ably dispatches the roulades and runs, folding them deftly into extended melodic phrases. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z Ms. Fleming sang honorably and bravely but with nothing like the nimble coloratura technique of earlier years. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z Her intelligent command of both text and melodic architecture helped knit the coloratura passages into a coherent musical structure. The 1833 ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ Version Is Sung at Caramoor 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z If she has become chary with her coloratura, she made up for it with her musical-comedy spirit and virtuosity. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z There was even a patch of exhausting Handelian coloratura, a wink at the text’s account of a lover who “left me breathless,” and at a Costanzo specialty. Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z In “Walpurgisnacht,” Ms. Mearns gives the single greatest ballerina performance of our era — hurling out fantastically bold, amazingly precise, rivetingly complex dance coloratura with musical blaze and rich colors. Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The tour also gets off to a bumpy start, with a formidably difficult aria from Grétry's L'Amant Jaloux that brings with it some aspirated coloratura and a couple of uncharacteristically shrill high notes. Sandrine Piau: Le Triomphe de l'Amour – review 2012-06-07T21:00:01Z She delivered some of her most altitudinous and treacherous coloratura lying flat on her back. Music Review: Emalie Savoy as Prima Donna and Ariadne 2010-08-03T22:56:00Z Though she was never her most comfortable high up, she transformed the coloratura of roles like Rossini’s Ermione into unforgettable characters, capturing opera’s grand suspension between naturalism and stylization. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian Soprano 2012-03-30T16:27:11Z The subtext: don't judge me for that, judge me for the 20 years of work inside – for my velvety legato, my spectacular coloratura, my sprightly melismas, my formidably maturing technique. Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z Mozart also writes runs with crazy coloratura, as well as some dramatic moments. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Her mastery is of a different kind, with effortless coloratura and downy, unforced tone. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The role’s coloratura “mechanical” aria is demanding, to say the least. Villain and heroine: The real-life husband and wife onstage in 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Singers still face limitations on their repertory for logistical reasons: A Wagnerian soprano might struggle with Baroque coloratura, and most Baroque specialists probably can’t project over a Wagnerian orchestra. Review: Philippe Jaroussky Breaks Away From Baroque Boundaries 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Rossini’s coloratura flourishes and speedy passagework pose no problems for Costa-Jackson, whose voice flows easily from the lower register to well above the staff, without any awkward transitions. Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Cinderella’ offers a rollicking good time 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Anachronism aside, hers is a lovely performance of the piece, with pinpoint coloratura, razor-sharp diction and an ingratiating voice in which brightness is tempered by an appealing creaminess of tone. CD reviews: Hitting high notes in the opera canon 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Rowley proved fully equal to the demands of a role that requires both coloratura dexterity and dramatic power beyond the limits of a lyric soprano. Caramoor festival scores with Donizetti rarity 2010-07-25T18:16:00Z She had some good reasons: Her young voice was lusher and more velvety than most Lucias; the part’s florid coloratura was difficult for her; her upper range was insecure. ‘I Could Barely Sing a High C’: Pretty Yende Finally Conquers Lucia 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z She incisively dispatched the coloratura flights, which sometimes turn demonic, and was engrossing during the long stretches of dramatic recitative. Music Review: O, Unsmiling Villainess! 2011-02-20T22:50:12Z The program also includes Ligeti’s “Mysteries of the Macabre,” an excerpt of arias for coloratura soprano from his absurdist opera “Le Grand Macabre.” The Week Ahead: Dec. 19 ? 25 2010-12-16T15:14:51Z Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who joined with Marilyn Horne in Sutherland's farewell gala recital at Covent Garden on Dec. 31, 1990, called her "the greatest coloratura soprano of all time." Family: Soprano Joan Sutherland has died, age 83 2010-10-11T17:50:00Z She sang correctly, but without buoyancy, so that the chains of coloratura emerged like little leaden pellets. Review | Strong women take the lead in Washington National Opera’s ‘Alcina’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Soprano Malia Bendi-Merad copes admirably with the fearsome coloratura of the Queen of the Night's two arias, though her high F is more hinted at than sung. Peter Brook reduces Mozart to bare essentials 2011-07-07T06:31:08Z Rapidity, admittedly, is not a hallmark even of her coloratura singing. The 30th birthday for Washington Concert Opera: Where voice junkies can get their fix 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “In plain words,” he said, “she was cruelly miscast, in this, one of the most exacting roles in the coloratura soprano’s repertory.” Patrice Munsel, Soprano Who as a Teenager Won a Met Contract, Dies at 91 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It is dominated by DeShong, whose voice combines a contralto opulence with blazing top notes and some of the most staggering coloratura you will ever hear. La Cenerentola – review 2012-05-24T10:19:28Z “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.” Renata Scotto, soprano of uncommon intensity, dies at 89 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z 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. Looking for something fun to do this Mother's Day weekend? Check out our top 10 picks 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Once again, Hye Jung Lee gives a brilliant, emotionally probing coloratura performance of the sex worker Ah Sing. Review: There's less Gold Rush in John Adams' latest 'Girls of the Golden West,' but it's still gold 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z She does very little to show off Donizetti’s coloratura, but rather all flows from her as if without effort. Review: L.A. Opera reimagines a Donizetti heroine as victim of insurrectionist America 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z If I were to do any kind of coloratura placement again I’d need months of time to heal everything that’s happened. How Disney star Dove Cameron became 'the bad girl next door' 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “Miss Gruberova’s voice is not big, but neither is it of the pallid, chirping kind sometimes associated with coloraturas,” Allen Hughes wrote in a New York Times review. Edita Gruberova, dazzling operatic soprano, dies at 74 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Over the next several years, the blue-eyed, blond and petite Ms. Powell was the coloratura ingenue of frothy romances and Technicolor musicals. Jane Powell, sunny ‘girl next door’ in Hollywood musicals, dies at 92 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “Archaeology relies on facts, and Iris was given to informed and colorful speculation, which added coloratura to the discipline. She was a public intellectual in a way that was not typical of archaeology.” Iris Love, Stylish Archaeologist and Dog Breeder, Dies at 86 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Is agency merely singing like a bird, with mind-bending coloratura? Review: L.A. Opera reimagines a Donizetti heroine as victim of insurrectionist America 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Marguerite appears mainly in the second act, where she sings the dazzling coloratura aria, “O beau pays.” After overseas triumphs, soprano returns to Met Opera 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Her “limpid trills and transparent pianissimos in all registers are models of the bel canto approach to coloratura singing,” Frederick M. Winship, a critic for United Press International, wrote in 1989. Edita Gruberova, dazzling operatic soprano, dies at 74 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Garanca began her career in lighter, coloratura roles and “trousers” roles playing men. Opera mezzo sees softer side of Dalila in ‘Samson et Dalila’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Diana Damrau, a Meyerbeer specialist, was to have sung the coloratura part of Marguerite, but she cancelled in August, for health reasons. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Though she was not strictly a coloratura soprano, the innate flexibility of her instrument let her essay the Olympian heights of some coloratura works with ease. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z A coloratura soprano who did not perform in Europe until she was 36, she eschewed the rarefied image of an opera diva. More Women Deserve Statues in New York. Here Are 10. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Battle, whose "high notes and agility are well intact," Swed writes, "became a star in the 1980s as a spectacular coloratura soprano" but was fired by the Met in 1994. Essential Arts & Culture: Opera and the black experience, 'Shrew' and TV's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z No singer personified that better than Kathleen Battle, who became a star in the 1980s as a spectacular coloratura soprano. Kathleen Battle, Julia Bullock and the saga of opera singers of color 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Erin Morley's slightly hardened Cunegonde — her "Glitter and Be Gay" is played more for coloratura #MeToo anxiety than laughs — makes her own travails more touching than usual. L.A. Opera and a 'Candide' for all 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The American coloratura soprano, one of many stars in the cast of Thomas Ades’ new opera, recalled her reaction when the composer first broke the news of her daunting assignment. Coloratura hits new high in Ades opera 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z With a voice that is unusual in that it is both very big and very high, she is adept at coloratura – the fast, agile singing typical of Rossini repertoire. This opera singer’s lungs were failing, but she refused to stop singing 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z In the musical, Cook got to sing “Glitter and Be Gay,” a fiendishly difficult coloratura parody of the “Jewel Song” from Charles Gounod’s “Faust.” Barbara Cook, acclaimed singer and actress, has died at 89 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z All this while singing an aria full of dramatic explosions and coloratura calisthenics. Soprano savors ‘Idomeneo’ mad scene in Met Opera production 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Now her first album, titled “A Journey,” documents her impressive lyric abilities, her lustrous tone and especially her mastery of coloratura. Music Review: Pretty Yende debut underscores lyric abilities 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z That means two sopranos, high and low, two mezzos, one tenor, who typically excels in lighter Mozartean roles and coloratura, and a baritone or a bass-baritone. Pittsburgh programs help build better opera singers 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z She was also a coloratura soprano, was well read in philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer and David Hume, and was determined to harness her brains and beauty to advance her opportunities. Yolande Betbeze Fox, a Miss America who rebelled, dies at 87 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Kamareh threw herself exuberantly about the space and embellished her coloratura runs with whoops and shrieks. Creating an Opera as Big as Los Angeles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z High notes, low notes, chest voice, coloratura, staccato, legato - the whole package. Met opera launches 10th HD season 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Max Emanuel Cencic was a hit at the age of six in his native Croatia when he sang the coloratura soprano showstopper "Queen of the Night" aria from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" on television. Countertenor Cencic on 'genderisation' in society 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The word "coloratura" wound up in a sentence about someone getting their hand caught in a George Foreman grill. Letters and laughs at the National Spellers Bee 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z He had the coloratura, if you will, of a Patti, but he had something besides—brains and a poetic temperament. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z She has a spit-spot coloratura as Olympia and a melting legato as Antonia, and her stage guises are as varied as can be. Kinky Brothel Games Intrigue in ENO’s ‘Hoffmann’: London Stage 2012-02-15T14:58:22Z It used to be that Tetrazzinis could make successes through coloratura singing alone; but to-day coloratura singing has no great hold on the public after the novelty has worn off. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z A coloratura whose light, lyric voice was often described as silvery or crystalline, Mrs. Alarie-Simoneau was known for her dynamic stage presence and refined musical interpretations. Pierrette Alarie-Simoneau, Canadian Soprano, Dies at 89 2011-07-20T04:10:16Z The pansori trio, taking liberties with traditional Korean music, featured a coloratura who punctuated her near-ultrasonic runs with the intermittent odd directives “play and run around” and “come on and get it — throw.” City Room: Downtown and Underground, an Avant-Garde Musical Outpost 2011-05-27T13:46:21Z Miss Clark's voice is what is technically known as a soprano legere, and while she excels in floria music, her voice has considerable of that rare sympathetic quality possessed by coloratura singers. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z The voice part is of just an octave's range, and there are no aggressive coloratura passages or high notes. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z Mr. Pavarotti called her "the greatest coloratura soprano of all time." The Clear Voice of Opera's 'Pied Piper' 2010-10-12T01:53:00Z Exploiting her painful singing of coloratura arias for laughs and her pathetic self-delusion for sympathy, the play walked a weird tightrope. | Connecticut: ?Souvenir? Tells of When Being So Bad Wasn?t Good 2010-05-08T02:32:00Z Most of the great Wagnerian singers have been proficient in coloratura r�les before they undertook the more complicated parts of the great master at Beyreuth. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists All right, if it's such a crime not to know what a coloratura soprano is, Abe," Morris commented, "I'm guilty in the first degree. Worrying Won't Win The coloratura soprano was a Dutch woman, speaking German with more accent than I did. Confessions of an Opera Singer It is the dancing equivalent of a coloratura soprano r�le in opera. Interpreters She would never have made a great coloratura soprano. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty From personal observation I should say our coloratura charmers lay small emphasis on that highly important factor and use their head voices with a freedom more or less God given. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists The modern school of musical criticism does not hold coloratura singing in very high esteem. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern I must say that most of them reached this desirable consummation long before the coloratura soprano, for she continued placidly as long as there was any food in sight. Confessions of an Opera Singer The rendition of this ornate style of music is often referred to as "coloratura singing," but it should be noted that not all arias are coloratura in style. Music Notation and Terminology There are many soprano qualities between the coloratura and the dramatic, and the same is true of alto, tenor, baritone and bass. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing Too much coloratura singing is liable to rob the voice of its fullness and is not to be recommended as a preparation for the singer who would become a singer of the modern art songs. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Yet it may well be asked whether the highest type of coloratura singing, pure tonal beauty, does not appeal to a deeper, more elemental set of emotions than are reached by dramatically expressive singing. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern There was a company of singers consisting of a "high dramatic" soprano, a "young dramatic," a coloratura, and an "opera soubrette," all sopranos. Confessions of an Opera Singer How beautiful were his coloratura, his trills,—simply flawless! How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] In coloratura rôles she has been pronounced the greatest singer of her time, both in opera and concert. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music In fact the flexibility and control demanded of the singers of art songs are quite as great as that required of the coloratura singer. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Extreme rapidity and accuracy of muscular adjustments, the physical basis of coloratura singing, cannot be attained when the muscles are hampered by undue tension. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Suddenly a brown thrasher breaks into a melody from the top of a wild cherry, and then it is as if a famous operatic coloratura soprano had joined the village choir. Some Spring Days in Iowa Is it not disrespectful toward our greatest masters that they always have to play hide and seek with the bel canto, the trill, and coloratura? How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Her sister, Carlotta, was also a coloratura vocalist of exquisite technique. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Like myself, she was a coloratura soprano, and I can recollect with joy her voice and her method of singing. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Dazzling as the effects of coloratura are, they are obtained by the combination of a few simple elements. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern For the technical or coloratura touch, the hand is in arched position, the five fingers are well rounded and curved, their tips are on the keys, everything is rounded. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Thus, in the coloratura passages of Mozart's arias, I have always sought to gain expressiveness by crescendi, choice of significant points for breathing, and breaking off of phrases. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Marcella Sembrich, a coloratura soprano from Galicia, has a light, penetrating, marvelously sweet, and exceedingly flexible voice, with an almost perfect vocal mechanism. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music There was a time in the halcyon days of the old coloratura singers when the opera singer was not expected to have very much more intelligence than a parrot. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists All that can be found by such an investigator in the works of Tosi and Mancini is an outline of an elaborate system of coloratura singing. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern I make a great distinction between the coloratura touch and the melody touch. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers I have been especially successful with this in the Entführung, introducing a tone of lament into the first aria, a heroic dignity into the second, through the coloratura passages. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] The coloratura voice will sing upper C, and it will sound very high indeed. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Galli-Curci, she clearly shows the value of her instrumental training in the accuracy, precision and clarity of her coloratura work. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists This is true not only of coloratura singing; it applies with almost equal force to the use of the singing voice for the purpose of dramatic and emotional expression. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Then there are the down and up arm movements, for chords, and, of course, scale and arpeggio work, with coloratura touch. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Thereafter in Danzig I sang from eighteen to twenty times a month in coloratura and soubrette parts; also in Leipzig, and later, fifteen years in Berlin. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] But after all I think, for myself, I prefer the lyric and coloratura parts, they are so beautiful. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers But her wonderful voice was a fragile coloratura, and her first baby demolished it. The Living Present This critic asserts that the decline of coloratura singing is due to the indifference of the artists themselves to this style of singing. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Their style of singing was the flexible, florid, coloratura style. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art "His mother was Rivi, the famous coloratura of twenty years ago." The Price She Paid "You love the coloratura music, do you not, Madame?" Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers From a valley a lark cut a swift diagonal upward with a coloratura burst of song. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It This should include simple exercises, vocalises with and without words, songs of every description, arias of the lyric, dramatic, and coloratura type, and recitatives, as well as concerted numbers of every description. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The state of her invariable vocal exultation began to mount, her consciousness of scene to recede, and, anticipating her coloratura climax, she started to climb, building for warble. Star-Dust If I recollect rightly, there are also some cadenzas which I once jotted down, and at all events an aria cantabile with coloraturas? The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Ah, yes, I love the coloratura,—it suits me; I have always studied for that—I know all the old Italian operas. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Every man who drives a racing-car has a coloratura soprano beaten to death for temperament. Tish All through the coloratura she was accompanied by sighs, and its top note was drowned in a shout of universal joy. Where Angels Fear to Tread Fountains that tossed up coloratura bubbles of sheerest aria and a sort of Greek frieze of youth attitudinized toward herself. Star-Dust I am a medium, a coloratura hypnotist and a spirituous control. The Gentle Grafter She only sang the coloratura music, though she loved Wagner and dramatic music. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The next number on the program will probably be the soloist—say, a coloratura soprano. Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises It is quite true there are not many coloratura singers of the first rank to-day. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers We would not have all coloratura singing of the same pattern of sameness or quality, for we find uniformity is monotonous. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers At first my voice was a very light soprano, hardly yet a coloratura. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers I was trained first as a coloratura and taught to do all the old Italian operas of Bellini, Rosini, Donizetti and the rest of the florid Italian school. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The coloratura manner of singing is all delicacy and lightness, and one cannot express deep emotion in this way. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Do I think the coloratura voice will ever become dramatic? Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Among their many artist pupils who are making names for themselves, it may be mentioned that Florence Macbeth, a charming coloratura soprano, owes much of her success to their careful guidance. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers So, too, with voices of different caliber, the coloratura, lyric and dramatic. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers I would advise every student to study coloratura first. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Each and all of these may feel the dramatic spirit of the part, but the lighter quality of the voice may prevent the coloratura from expressing it. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers You ask me to explain the difference between the coloratura and the dramatic organ. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The coloratura voice is bright and brilliant in its higher portion, but becomes weaker and thinner as it descends; whereas the dramatic voice has a thicker, richer quality all through, especially in its lower register. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Luisa Tetrazzini has been called the greatest exponent of coloratura singing that we have at the present time. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Therefore there are very few coloratura singers at present, since their opportunities are so limited. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers For the coloratura music you must make the voice sound high and sweet—like a bird—singing and soaring. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Not long before she died she said to me: 'Luisa, always keep to the coloratura music, and the beautiful bel canto singing; do nothing to strain your voice; preserve its velvety quality.' Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers "Ah, yes, the coloratura voice must always be able to do those things," was the answer. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The coloratura requires more time to perfect this manner of singing than others need; but some are much quicker at it than others. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The coloratura singer, who is an artist, can act as well as sing. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers |
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