dramatic soprano

The term “dramatic voice” is a vocal category used to describe a voice with the largest volume when compared with other voices, able to sing over the heaviest orchestration by such composers as Verdi and Wagner. This is not to be confused with dramatic interpretation or acting which is another aspect of performing.

their colour or agility: a dramatic soprano has a rich, powerful quality; a lyric soprano, a lighter, singing tone; and a coloratura soprano possesses a high range (to the second C above middle C and higher) and extreme agility.

The opera performer with the highest voice is a soprano. A soprano is usually a woman, and she can hit the high notes. A woman who sings at the highest register is one kind of soprano, and her singing voice itself can also be called a soprano.

Dramatic - A dramatic mezzo-soprano has a strong medium register, a warm high register and a voice that is broader and more powerful than the lyric and coloratura mezzo-sopranos. This voice has less vocal facility than the coloratura mezzo-soprano.

There are five elements of voice: diction, detail, imagery, syntax, tone. ➢ Occasion = level of formality Formal – scholarly writing, serious prose, poetry Informal – expository essays, newspaper articles, fiction Colloquial – “slang” – to create a mood or capture a historic or regional dialect.

This is a rare vocal fach, as thick vocal cords are needed to produce the large, dramatic notes, which usually lessens the flexibility and acrobatic abilities of the voice.

Spinto Soprano – The Spinto soprano has the brightness and height of a lyric soprano, but can be “pushed” to dramatic climaxes without strain, and may have a somewhat darker timbre. Dramatic Soprano – A dramatic soprano (or soprano robusto) has a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over a full orchestra.

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano has the fastest, most agile, and highest voice extension.

A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over, or cut through, a full orchestra. Thicker vocal folds in dramatic voices usually (but not always) mean less agility than lighter voices but a sustained, fuller sound.

A dramatic soprano (or soprano robusto) has a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over a full orchestra. Usually (but not always) this voice has a lower tessitura than other sopranos, and a darker timbre. Dramatic sopranos have a range from approximately A (A3) to "high C" (C6).

Often (but not always) a dramatic soprano will have some upper extension that the dramatic mezzo does not have. Also, color and timbre are generally different; a mezzo will have a darker sound while a dramatic soprano will have a brighter more soprano-y sound.

The mezzo-soprano or mezzo is the second highest female voice type. In a large choir, a mezzo-soprano will usually sing along with the sopranos, not the altos, with the vocal part 'Soprano II' or 'Soprano 2'.