sopranos
Opera's highest women
Sopranos is the plural of soprano, the highest vocal range in classical music, typically sung by women or boys.
The word refers both to singers with this voice type and to the range itself: The sopranos came in late on their entrance.
Soprano also describes instruments pitched highest in their family: soprano saxophone, soprano recorder.
Operatic solo piece
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- prima donnaTemperamental, self-important person
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
- bel cantoElegant Italian vocal style
libretto · recitative · cadenza · virtuoso · legato · vibrato · cantabile · tessitura
High in frequency
- trebleHigh frequency range
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
- head voiceUpper singing register
lyric · dramatic · tessitura · high C · stratospheric · piercing · bell-like · silvery
Lower female voice
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- baritoneMid-range male voice
- contraltoLowest female vocal range
harmony · polyphony · chorale · cantata · oratorio · requiem · madrigal · motet
Common masculine nickname
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- HBOPremium cable network
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
- mobsterOrganized crime member
Gandolfini · therapy · omertà · crime family · Christopher · Paulie · Silvio · whacking
aria
Operatic solo piece
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- prima donnaTemperamental, self-important person
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
bel canto · libretto · recitative · cadenza · virtuoso · legato · vibrato · cantabile · tessitura · passaggio
high-pitched
High in frequency
- trebleHigh frequency range
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
head voice · lyric · dramatic · tessitura · high C · stratospheric · piercing · bell-like · silvery · bright
alto
Lower female voice
contralto · harmony · polyphony · chorale · cantata · oratorio · requiem · madrigal · motet · acapella
Tony
Common masculine nickname
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- HBOPremium cable network
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
Gandolfini · mobster · therapy · omertà · crime family · Christopher · Paulie · Silvio · whacking · capo
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- operaopera, aria, arias, tenor, baritone
- choral musicchoral music, choral works, choral arrangements, choral arrangement, choir arrangements
- opera choruschoristers, vocal ensemble, altos, tenors, basses
- opera housestage, auditorium, orchestra pit, balcony, balconies
- gospel musicgospel hymns, gospel quartet, mass choir, praise songs, gospel choir
sopranosbasses
Low-pitched voices or fish
bassos · contrabasses · baritones · contraltos · altos
- singing sopranoProducing the highest vocal range
- sing sopranoVocalize in highest register
- The Sopranos
- Tony Soprano
- boy sopranoYoung male high voice
- soprano voice