- Spinto soprano
A spinto soprano (also
lirico-spinto or "pushed lyric") is an operaticsoprano that has the brightness and height of alyric soprano , but can be "pushed" to dramatic climaxes without strain, and may have a somewhat darkertimbre . It generally uses "squillo " to "slice" through a full orchestra (rather than singing over it like a dramatic soprano). It also handles dynamic changes very well. Spinto sopranos have a range from approximately middle C (C4) to "high D" (D6). [Coffin (1960), cited below] The spinto repertoire includes manyVerdi ,verismo andPuccini roles, some of which are very popular in opera. The fact that spinto sopranos are uncommon means that these popular roles are often performed by singers from other classifications, and more than a few lyric sopranos have damaged their voices singing spinto roles. [Boldrey (1994),Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias, cited below]* To hear an example of a Spinto soprano (
Renata Tebaldi in title role of "Madama Butterfly ") click on this link: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0eOqZPMmw Watch here]pinto singers
:*
Michelle Crider :*Susan Dunn :*Dorothy Kirsten :*Leontyne Price :*Aprile Millo :*Renata Tebaldi pinto roles [Boldrey (1994),Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias, cited below]
:* Adriana, "
Adriana Lecouvreur " (Cilea ):* Aïda, "Aïda " (Verdi ):* Alice Ford, "Falstaff" (Verdi ):* Butterfly, "Madama Butterfly " (Puccini ):* Desdemona, "Otello " (Verdi ):* Elisabetta, "Don Carlos " (Verdi ):* Leonora, "La forza del destino " (Verdi ):* Lisa, "The Queen of Spades" (Tchaikovsky ):* Manon, "Manon Lescaut" (Puccini ):* Margherita, "Mefistofele " (Boito ):* Maria/Amelia, "Simon Boccanegra " (Verdi ):* The Marschallin, "Der Rosenkavalier " (Richard Strauss ):* Rusalka, "Rusalka" (Dvořák):* Floria Tosca, "Tosca " (Puccini ):* Santuzza, "Cavalleria Rusticana " (Mascagni):* Tatiana, "Eugene Onegin" (Tchaikovsky )References
Further reading
cite book
title= Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias
last= Boldrey
first= Richard
authorlink= Richard Boldrey
year= 1994
publisher= Caldwell Publishing Company
isbn=13: 9781877761645cite book
title= Singer's Edition (Light Lyric Soprano): Operatic Arias - Light Lyric Soprano
last= Boldrey
first= Richard
authorlink= Richard Boldrey
coauthors= Robert Caldwell, Werner Singer, Joan Wall and Roger Pines
year= 1992
publisher= Caldwell Publishing Company
isbn=13: 9781877761027cite book
title= Singer's Edition (Soubrette): Operatic Arias - Soubrette
last= Boldrey
first= Richard
authorlink= Richard Boldrey
coauthors= Robert Caldwell, Werner Singer, Joan Wall and Roger Pines
year= 1992
publisher= Caldwell Publishing Company
isbn=13: 9781877761034cite book
title= Coloratura, Lyric and Dramatic Soprano, Vol. 1
last= Coffin
first= Berton
authorlink= Berton Coffin
year= 1960
publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
isbn=13: 9780810801882
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