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	Vocal weight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In opera this voice is often considered a "baby" dramatic; a larger voice but not quite to the level of dramatic.
		Renee Fleming is arguably a spinto at this point in her career and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child can be classified as a spinto soprano because of the power of her voice but the lyric quality that reaches soprano standards.
		In opera, characters with dramatic voices are usually strong, heroic, and frequently tragic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vocal_weight (1250 words)

	Fach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thus, a light dramatic soprano must generally push her basically lyric instrument to create big sounds that can cut through an orchestral and/or choral climax.
		Dramatic mezzos must perform alongside dramatic sopranos, and so their voices must be able to carry effectively despite singing in a lower tessitura.
		The dramatic mezzo, however stunning in the opera house, is often felt to be too overwhelming for lied and other art songs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fach (1262 words)

	Sutherland, Dame Joan - MSN Encarta
		With her sizable voice and tall, commanding physique, Sutherland was ideal for the dramatic soprano repertory.
		With constant vocal work and technical refinement, she emerged as a true dramatic coloratura, with the power of a dramatic soprano and the flexibility to perform the trills and runs required for coloratura soprano roles.
		These operas were showcases for Sutherland’s dramatic coloratura, a voice type that had almost disappeared until her arrival on the stage.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573218/Sutherland_Dame_Joan.html (565 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Dramatic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In its broadest sense theater can be defined as including everything connected with dramatic artâ”the play itself, the stage with its scenery and lighting, makeup, costumes, acting, and actors.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Dramatic (718 words)

	Operapaedia - Reference Desk
		Coloratura soprano--a female voice with an 'upper extension' of high notes and a light quality or color which allows the voice to be capable of rapid and highly ornamented passages.
		Coloratura mezzo--these are roles which, while demanding the use of a lower register or part of the voice, are also required to be flexible and capable of singing highly ornamented, rapid passages.
		Dramatic tenor--also called tenore di forza in Italian, Chénier and Alvaro in La forza del destino are dramatic tenor roles that require a spinto quality, able to carry over heavy orchestral textures with ease.
	www.operapaedia.org /Reference.aspx?id=operaticvoices (1714 words)

	DRAMATIC COLORATURA SOPRANO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Their singing is characterized by the ability to sing with agility while utilizing a dramatic soprano voice, with the all volume and power that entails.
		Given the structure of the human vocal chords, it is an anomaly that the thick vocal folds necessary to produce dramatic tones should also be capable of agility, since by their nature, that thickness should mitigate against coloratura ability.
		The ability to sing coloratura passages is important, as it is with the Koloratursoubrette, but the voice must have the beautiful line of the Lyrischer Sopran as well as being capable of dramatic outbursts.
	www.june-anderson.com /dramaticcoloratura.htm (282 words)

	Anna Salzgeber dramatic coloratura soprano
		A true dramatic coloratura, Anna's voice is exemplified by brilliantly beautiful high notes and an ability to perform amazing vocal fireworks.
		She is equally suited to all the high dramatic roles which require flexibility, yet size, from Mozart (Queen of the Night, Constanze, Fiordiligi, Donna Anna, Elektra) to Verdi (Violetta, Abigaille, Odabella, Leonora, Luisa Miller) to the high Bel Canto roles (Lucia, Norma, Elvira, Anna Bolena).
		As a regional MacAllister winner and Concerto Competition winner, Anna is also in demand as a concert artist and recital soloist.
	www.geocities.com /annasalzgeber (136 words)

	Voice Questions and Answers
		Dramatic Coloratura- voice in quality similar to a lyric soprano, but with an upper extension to F above high C, and ability for sustained coloratura.
		Spinto- stronger voice with more weight and power than lyric soprano, able to sing up to a high B or high C. Dramatic Soprano- heaviest and most powerful voice; able to sing over large orchestras, but lower in range.
		Dramatic Baritone- lower tessitura with range to G below high C. Stronger and fuller voice.
	www.geocities.com /concertopera/voicetype.html (502 words)

	I am studying to be a opera singer. I am a colo... - Answerbag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A lyric coloratura soprano, as a "fach", or vocal category, typically sings the roles of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, Olympia in Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman, Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale and Zerbinetta in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.
		A dramatic coloratura has more heft to the voice, and is the voice type able to sing a number of heavier, florid roles in Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi: for example Fiordiligi in Cosi and Constanze in Seraglio.
		Mozart's Queen of the Night is a special sub-category of the dramatic coloratura, because of the excessively high upper extension.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/17155 (683 words)

	Marston - Hermann Jadlowker
		Hermann Jadlowker (1877-1953) is one of the greatest coloratura tenors on record.
		His recorded voice has a slightly baritonal timbre, but he also was able to produce high notes with ease and exhibit unbelievable agility.
		All having been made within a few days of each other (judging by the matrix numbers), probably the same accompanist was used for all sessions.
	www.marstonrecords.com /jadlowker/jadlowker_liner.htm (2549 words)

	Amazon.com: Donizetti - Roberto Devereux / Gruberova, Ziegler, Bernardini, Kim, Haider: Music: Gaetano ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She is a far more dramatic and thrilling performer, with a combo of beauty, coloratura and dramatic integrity whereas Gruberova is more like Joan Sutherland.
		Observations apart, she is in excellent voice and displays some weight and dramatic thrust unknown to those who are used to her older recordings.
		Her skill with recitatives and command of dramatic situations in also impressive and her closing scene is simply a tour de force - her display of declamation, coloratura and dynamic variety is simply something that must be heard to be believed.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005I4S?v=glance (992 words)

	Vocal Catagories in Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Even darker in quality than the dramatic soprano, with tessitura about a minor third lower than the lyric.
		Dramatic or Helden tenor: A loud, thick voiced tenor with tremendous stamina, and a lower tessitura than the other tenors.
		Dramatic or Character: The antagonists in most of Italian opera.
	members.aol.com /chaspen/vocal.html (633 words)

	The Aria Database - Help
		An opera is usually defined as a staged dramatic work which is entirely or mostly sung.
		With the advent of today's more dramatically serious musicals, the main difference between musicals and operas is often how they are conceived in the mind of the composer.
		Dramatic Coloratura - voice in quality similar to a lyric soprano, but with an upper extension to F6 and ability for sustained coloratura, sings roles like Fiordiligi and Violetta
	www.aria-database.com /help.html (1893 words)

	Río De Sangre: Kerry Walsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Dramatic coloratura Kerry Walsh is a dynamic performer who has sung with the Santa Fe Opera, Opera San Jose, The San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, The Boris Brott Festival in Canada, and Jerome Hines' Opera Music Theater International.
		Mention has also been made of her convincing portrayals and dramatic gift; "…she understands the sweep of drama as much as the music itself…","…a knockout, both physically and vocally…".
		Walsh.) Her voice was rich, strong and thrilling…her voice was superbly controlled, and at full throat, she sent goose bumps up the back of my neck, especially in the coloratura runs".
	www.riodesangre.com /bios/kerrywalsh.html (358 words)

	ROSSINI La donna del lago OPUS ARTE OA LS 3009 D [RJF]: Classical DVD Reviews- Feb 2005 MusicWeb-International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She was the foremost dramatic coloratura soprano of her generation and that is the voice type the role demands.
		In this respect she also has the disadvantage of a small rounded very feminine face whose features are accentuated by a head covering which looks like a gold version of that worn by Lawrence of Arabia in the films of my childhood.
		The rebel leader Rodrigo di Dhu is sung by the dramatic coloratura tenor Chris Merritt.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2005/Feb05/Rossini_Donna_lago.htm (1569 words)

	Amazon.com: Lucrezia Borgia: Music: Donizetti,Sutherland,Horne,Bonynge,Aragall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lucrezia Borgia is one of the biggest challenges for a coloratura soprano, since it demands lots of vocal shades, dramatic skills and a big voice.
		Her incredibly wide range goes from the lowest to the highest notes, and her coloratura is the best we could find at that time (she's far better than Shirley Verrett in Caball?'s recording, though Verrett is also a great artist).
		Beverly Sills, while not the dramatic coloratura the title role calls for, makes an impressive Lucrezia Borgia on "Sillsiana", which includes live recordings of several of her opera and recital performances.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000E3QV?v=glance (2528 words)

	Dutch Divas - Cristina Deutekom, soprano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		a big register, a reach of voice of four octaves.....there are of course more coloratura - sopranos and also very beautiful ones, but such a true, very dramatic coloratura-soprano is a rare natural phenomenon......
		The first years it were mainly roles from Mozarts operas who fixed her repertoire, after a short time Cristina changed over to the dramatic roles from the Italian repertoire and also that mountain was climbed with success.
		She celebrated, again in Italy, triumphs in roles as Elvira in Bellini's,,I Puritani" and further the got attention with the title role in Donizetti's,,Lucia di Lammermoor".
	www.dutchdivas.net /sopranos/deutekom.html (815 words)

	Marston - Three American Sopranos: Lillian Nordica, Olive Fremstad and Ada Adini
		She was a most wonderful coloratura singer and had a perfectly placed voice.
		With that lovely coloratura voice she tried operas that were too much for her, not realizing how far she should go.
		The former, a formidable example of dramatic coloratura singing, is Ersébet’s aria in Act Two of Erkel’s opera and was added to the score in 1850 especially for the soprano Anna de Lagrange (1825-1905).
	www.marstonrecords.com /3_sopranos/3sopranos_liner.htm (8815 words)

	Dimitrova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ghena Dimitrova is one of the few dramatic sopranos of the past 30 years, belonging to that class of artists who have tackled with disarming ease the most demanding of the heavyweight roles.
		Everywhere she was hailed as a leading dramatic soprano with a tremendous impact.
		Norma enjoys an undisputed pride of place in the soprano’s repertoire, whether the voice is a dramatic coloratura; lyrical with a propensity to agility; or even lirico-leggero toutcourt, particularly when the voice gains in weight.
	www.lastella.com.mt /Operas/La_Gioconda/dimitrova.htm (804 words)

	Mozart Concert arias and songs BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99731 [RH]: Classical CD Reviews- July 2004 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Oelze’s voice has a stunning crystalline purity and her coloratura is not only fluent and fluid, but well integrated into the aria.
		The final item on the disc dates from Munich in 1781; ’Misera, dove son!’ and is a showpiece which allows the soprano to show of her upper register with a couple of impressive leaps; a challenge that Oelze does not fail.
		Her voice is a trifle richer and her coloratura rather more robust than Oelze’s; her way with the drama of the piece is superb.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2004/July04/Mozart_Concert_arias_songs.htm (3721 words)

	StarBulletin.com \| Features \| /2006/03/20/
		Sopranos can be divided into lyric soprano, dramatic coloratura, dramatic soprano and more.
		Mimi, the leading character from Puccini's "La Bohème," is a part for lyric soprano, but Mozart's Queen of the Night from "The Magic Flute" is a dramatic coloratura because of its higher technical demand.
		The range in tone and color of her voice allows her to portray different roles, from a sensitive Mimi to a Viking-helmeted heroine full of stamina and power.
	starbulletin.com /2006/03/20/features/crescendo.html (630 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / She opened her mouth, and music came out
		She knows she has the pipes for a career as a front-rank dramatic coloratura soprano.
		And she found her teacher in fellow student Anna Gabrieli, who in her very first lesson helped release the high C that Quintiliani and her former teachers had never been able to find.
		The most dramatic event in Quintiliani's Boston years was a catastrophic fire in the Dorchester building where Quintiliani and Schroeder lived.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/04/25/she_opened_her_mouth_and_music_came_out?pg=2 (761 words)

	Introduction
		Gillian Rae-Walker is a lyric soprano with a clear, strong, well-focussed sound throughout a very wide range, capable of both dramatic and pianissimo top notes and with easy coloratura.
		She is an excellent musician, having studied the piano from the age of 8 and having also performed a wide range of choral classical music and folk music, until she began serious vocal studies.
		Generally her repertoire ranges from lyric soprano to some dramatic coloratura roles.
	www.gillianraewalker.com /html/introduction.html (216 words)

	Regina Resnik Master Classes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		From that time on she sang the major dramatic mezzo roles from Carmen to Klytemnestra, many of which are available on recordings.
		Resnik said that the aria should be sung by a dramatic coloratura and that Gay Anna needed to get rid of her tight jaw and obtain a 'fuller' sound.
		Resnik complemented her on the accuracy of her coloratura and her musicality., but noted that the middle of her voice needed work.
	www.sandiego-online.com /opera/resnik.stm (2013 words)

	Vocalist.org archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He gives the dramatic coloratura Cleopatra, Queen of the
		of as "the coloratura soprano." The soubrette/ coloraturas are the light,
		roles are sung by those with more dramatic voices.
	www.vocalist.org /group/vocalist-temporary/message/4087.html (265 words)

	Amazon.ca: Bianco E Falliero: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She exhibits ringing top notes, a deep, resonant voce di petto, and the dramatic ability to make the rather cardboard figure of Falliero come alive in three dimensions, even in potentially dull passages of secco recitative.
		To be sure, Cullagh has a great command of coloratura technique, and her voice is pure in tone and hardly unpleasant to hear.
		Her aria in Act I and the final rondo (a transplant from La Donna del Lago that will be familiar to most) are handled with technical virtuosity, but Cullagh's voice is too small to really make the most of these numbers.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005OVZK (1197 words)

	Gramophone - Features - The world's best classical music magazine
		Since critics recalling great singers of their youth are often charged by their juniors with revisiting performances through rose-tinted ears, let me write not from memory at all, but by quoting directly what I wrote about that 1952 Norma at the time:
		The ability to invest coloratura with dramatic and expressive qualities (needed by all heroines of serious opera so far as the middle Verdi).
		Among her contemporaries she had the deepest comprehension of the classical Italian style, the most musical instincts and the most intelligent approach, together with exceptional dramatic powers.
	www.gramophone.co.uk /reputations_detail.asp?id=434&f=432 (377 words)

	Cast of Lucia di Lammermoor at Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA
		The gifted, young Russian soprano born in Perm has been a principal soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera) of St. Petersburg since 1998 where she performs roles in the lyric coloratura and dramatic coloratura repertoire.
		Yudina has performed leading coloratura roles in operas on tour in central Europe and Canada with the Mariinsky Theatre to outstanding critical acclaim under the direction of Maestro Valery Gerguiev.
		Her repertoire includes all of the most famous coloratura roles for soprano.
	www.maj.org /P2006/icam_lucia_cast.html (903 words)

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