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Typically, the term "soprano" refers to female singers but at times the term "male soprano" has been used by men who sing in the soprano vocal range using falsetto vocal production instead of the modal voice. This practice is most commonly found in the context of choral music in England. However, these men are more commonly referred to as ...
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]
American male opera singers (6 C, 3 P) American women opera singers (6 C) A. African-American opera singers (2 C, 2 P) B. ... American operatic sopranos (1 C, 538 P) T.
This category is intended for notable American sopranos. There is controversy when the term "soprano" is applied to men. Men who sing in the soprano range are sometimes called "sopranists", "sopranistas", or "male sopranos". At the moment there is no established criteria on which term is used by Wikipedia for categorization purposes.
A. Emma Abbott; Bessie Abott; Suzanne Adams; Adele Addison; Titilayo Adedokun; Ada Adini; Laura Aikin; Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod; Hanan Alattar; Licia Albanese; Mariska ...
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.
Pages in category "Singers with a three-octave vocal range" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The word "soprano" comes from the Italian word sopra (above, over, on top of), [3] as the soprano is the highest pitch human voice, often given to the leading female roles in operas. [4] "Soprano" refers mainly to women, but it can also be applied to men; "sopranist" is the term for a male countertenor able to sing in the soprano vocal range ...