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Coloratura   /kələrətˈʊrə/   Listen
Coloratura

noun
1.
A lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music.  Synonym: coloratura soprano.
2.
Singing with florid ornamentation.





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"Coloratura" Quotes from Famous Books



... sprinkling of wood anemones lay spread like a patch of linen bleaching in the sun. From a valley a lark cut a swift diagonal upward with a coloratura burst of song. A stream slipped its ice and took up its murmur where it had left off. A truant squelched his toes in the warm mud and let it ooze ...
— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst


Words linked to "Coloratura" :   vocalizing, Melba, Maria Callas, pons, singing, soprano, Callas, Dame Nellie Melba, coloratura soprano, Alice-Josephine Pons, Lily Pons, Helen Porter Mitchell, Maria Meneghini Callas


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