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The soprano singing voice is the voice of children and the highest type of female voice with vocal range that typically lies between "middle C" (C 4) and "high C" (C 6) [1] The soprano voice (unlike the mezzo-soprano voice) is stronger in the head register than the chest register, resulting in a bright and ringing tone. [2]
Netrebko won the "Female Singer of the Year" (Sängerin des Jahres) in the 2014 and 2016 Echo Klassik Award. [203] [204] She was awarded "Best Vocalist in Classical Music" at the Russian National Music Awards in 2016, [205] 2017 [206] and 2018. [207] She won the Best Female Singer in the 2017 International Opera Awards. [208]
Maria Callas [a] Commendatore OMRI [1] (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; [b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano [2] and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.
The mezzo-soprano is the middle female voice and the most common of the female singing voices, which tends to dominate in non-classical music, with vocal range that typically lies between the A below "middle C" (C 4) to the A two octaves above (i.e. A 3 –A 5).
Those singers whose birth year is unknown are sorted by the first year that they are known to have flourished. This list should not include singers who have never performed in a staged opera with the exception of historic non-white singers who were barred from the opera stage in varying parts of the world due to discrimination prior to the mid ...
Lara Maigue was born to Filipino composer and arranger Professor Rayben Maigue, and soprano Nanette Moscardon, who also served as her first classical mentor. [3] She later received training from Fides Cuyugan-Asensio at the University of the Philippines College of Music, where she graduated with a major in Voice.
Lesley Garrett, CBE (born 10 April 1955) [1] is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and " crossover music ". [ 2 ]
B. Janice Baird; Carmen Balthrop; Jamie Barton (singer) Elizabeth Bishop (mezzo-soprano) Harolyn Blackwell; Angel Blue; Stephanie Blythe; Jacqueline Bobak; Barbara Bonney