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Lyric soprano

{{Short description|Type of operatic soprano voice}}

A lyric soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre that can be heard over an orchestra. The lyric soprano voice generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ingenues and other sympathetic characters in opera. Lyric sopranos have a range from approximately middle C (C4) to "high D" (D6).{{harvp|Coffin|1960|p={{page needed|date=May 2021}}}} This is the most common female singing voice.{{harvp|Aronson|2009|p=278}} There is a tendency to divide lyric sopranos into two groups: light and full.{{harvp|Boldrey|1994|p={{page needed|date=May 2021}}}}

Light lyric soprano

A light-lyric soprano has a bigger voice than a soubrette but still possesses a youthful quality.[http://www.nashvilleopera.org/html/ed_OperaOnline_Sop_Ly.php Nashville Opera] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229122758/http://www.nashvilleopera.org/html/ed_OperaOnline_Sop_Ly.php |date=2008-02-29 }} There are a wide variety of roles written for this voice, and they may sing soubrette, baroque and other light roles as well.{{sfnp|Boldrey|1992|p={{page needed|date=May 2021}}}}

=Light lyric soprano roles=

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Full lyric soprano

A full-lyric soprano has a more mature sound than a light-lyric soprano and can be heard over a bigger orchestra. This more mature sound may make a full-lyric less suitable for some of the lighter roles. Occasionally a full lyric will have a big enough voice that she can take on much heavier roles, using volume in place of vocal weight. This is done when a more lyric timbre is desired in an otherwise heavier role. Otherwise full lyric sopranos need be judicious with spinto and other heavy roles to prevent vocal deterioration.

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See also

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References

Notes

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Sources

  • {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Aronson|2009}}

|title=Clinical Voice Disorders

|last1=Aronson

|first1=Arnold Elvin

|last2=Bless

|first2=Diane M.

|year=2009

|publisher=Thieme Medical Publishers

|location=New York, NY

|isbn=978-1-58890-662-5

|edition=4th

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wOhkGWBzG2UC}}

  • {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Boldrey|1992}}

|title= Singer's Edition (Light Lyric Soprano): Operatic Arias - Light Lyric Soprano

|last= Boldrey

|first= Richard

|author2=Robert Caldwell|author3=Werner Singer|author4=Joan Wall|author5=Roger Pines

|year= 1992

|publisher= Caldwell Publishing Company

|isbn=978-1-877761-02-7}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias

|last= Boldrey

|first= Richard

|year= 1994

|publisher= Caldwell Publishing Company

|isbn=978-1-877761-64-5}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Coloratura, Lyric and Dramatic Soprano, Vol. 1

|last= Coffin

|first= Berton

|year= 1960

|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

|isbn= 978-0-8108-0188-2

|url-access= registration

|url= https://archive.org/details/singersrepertoir0000coff

}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book

|title= Singer's Edition (Soubrette): Operatic Arias - Soubrette

|last= Boldrey

|first= Richard

|author2=Robert Caldwell|author3=Werner Singer|author4=Joan Wall|author5=Roger Pines

|year= 1992

|publisher= Caldwell Publishing Company

|isbn=978-1-877761-03-4|ref=none}}

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Category:Voice types

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