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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 ...
Choral music most commonly divides vocal parts into high and low voices within each sex: soprano and alto vocal ranges for females, tenor and bass vocal ranges for males , and occasionally treble for children. As a result, the typical chorus affords many opportunities for misclassification to occur. [6]
Within choral music there are only four categories for adult singers: soprano and alto for women, tenor and bass for men. [ 12 ] In the UK, the term "male alto" refers to a man who uses falsetto vocal production to sing in the alto section of a chorus.
Within choral music the system is collapsed into only four categories for adult singers: soprano and alto for women, and tenor and bass for men. [7] In England, the term "male alto" is used to refer to a man who uses falsetto vocal production to sing in the alto section of a chorus.
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]
The use of the term "alto" to describe solo voices is mostly seen in contemporary music genres (pop, rock, etc.) to describe singers whose range is lower than that of a mezzo-soprano but higher than that of a true contralto, and is very rarely seen in classical music outside of soloists in choral works. In classical music, most women with an ...
A decisive role in Mariño's career was played by American soprano Barbara Bonney who became a crucial teacher and mentor guiding Mariño to embrace and develop his natural soprano voice. [1] In 2017, he received the Interpretation Award at the Opéra de Marseille International Singing Competition and won the Neue Stimmen Audience Prize. [2]
In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender, not their vocal range. [4] When the terms soprano , mezzo-soprano , contralto , tenor , baritone , and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally refer ...