lyric soprano

Another kind of soprano is a “lyric soprano.” A lyric soprano sings high notes, too, but these voices are not comfortable singing as high for as long of a time period as coloratura sopranos, and the color of the voice is different.

the highest singing voice 1. : the highest singing voice of women or boys and formerly of castrati. also : a person having this voice. 2. : the highest voice part in a 4-part chorus.

The lyric soprano has a full voice that works best in the middle register, and the dramatic soprano has a big, strong voice that works well across all the registers. The mezzo-soprano is a separate voice, and includes 'coloratura', 'lyric' and 'dramatic', as with sopranos.

In opera, sopranos are divided into three basic groups: coloratura (kuhl-er-ah-TOOR-ah), lyric, and dramatic, with coloratura being the lightest and most flexible sound, and dramatic being the darkest and most powerful. (“Lyric” lies more or less in the middle.)

Lyric - Lyric mezzo-sopranos do not have the vocal agility of the coloratura mezzo-soprano or the size of the dramatic mezzo-soprano. The lyric mezzo-soprano is ideal for most trouser roles, wherein a female actor dresses as a male. This voice has a very smooth, sensitive and at times lachrymose quality.

The soprano has the highest vocal range of all voice types, with the highest tessitura. A soprano and a mezzo-soprano have a similar range, but their tessituras will lie in different parts of that range. The low extreme for sopranos is roughly A3 or B♭3 (just below middle C).

So a Sopranos voice sits comfortably a little higher. So she would sing her high C with more flexibility.

Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the film The Sound of Music, is a great example of a soprano. So is the character of Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera. Pop music has featured sopranos too, including Joni Mitchell.

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). There is a tendency to divide lyric sopranos into two groups: light and full.

Voice Type Women are typically divided into three groups: soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto. Men are usually divided into four groups: countertenor, tenor, baritone, and bass.

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.

Lady Gaga is a mezzo-soprano. She has a vocal range that spans from F3 to G5.