coloratura

/,kɔlərə'tuərə/

Thân thiện

The soprano performs a brilliant coloratura passage.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Florid ornamentation in singing: Refers to elaborate, often rapid, and intricate melodic passages, runs, trills, and other embellishments in vocal music, particularly in opera.
   • A singer specializing in such music: Specifically, a lyric soprano (or occasionally another voice type) with the vocal agility and high range to perform music featuring such ornamentation.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (as ornamentation):
  • The aria is famous for its dazzling coloratura.
  • She executed the difficult coloratura with perfect precision.
• Noun (as a singer):
  • The role of the Queen of the Night is sung by a coloratura.
  • She established her career as a leading coloratura in Italian opera.

Advanced Usage

• "Coloratura passage": A specific section within a piece of music that contains elaborate vocal ornamentation.
  • The cadenza contained a breathtaking coloratura passage.
• "Coloratura soprano": The full, specific term for the type of high, agile soprano voice most associated with this style.
  • The part was written for a dramatic coloratura soprano.

Variants and Related Words

• Coloratura (adjective): Used to describe music or a voice part that features or is suited to such ornamentation.
  • She performed a coloratura aria from Handel's opera.
• Fioritura (noun): An Italian term often used synonymously with coloratura to mean "flowering" or ornamentation in music.

Synonyms

• Vocal embellishment: Decorative notes added to a melody.
• Melismatic singing: Singing a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes (a key technique in coloratura).
• Agile soprano: A descriptive term for a singer capable of coloratura.

Related Phrases

• To sing coloratura: The act of performing this ornate style of singing.
  • Few tenors can sing coloratura as well as she can.
• Coloratura role: An operatic character part written specifically for a coloratura voice.
  • Lucia is one of the most demanding coloratura roles.

Related Idioms

• "To have a coloratura voice": To possess a voice naturally suited to fast, high, and intricate singing.
  • Even as a student, it was clear she had a true coloratura voice.

Học thuật

Noun

1. singing with florid ornamentation
2. a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music

Từ đồng nghĩa

• coloratura soprano