Spinto soprano
A spinto soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that has the limpidity and easy high notes of a lyric soprano, yet can be "pushed" on to achieve dramatic climaxes without strain. This type of voice may also possess a somewhat darker timbre than the average lyric.
Spinto sopranos are also expected to handle
in alt D (D6).[1][page needed
]
The spinto repertoire includes many roles written by
Wagnerian heroines such as Elsa, Elisabeth and Sieglinde are also sung by spinto sopranos. The fact that spinto sopranos are uncommon means that parts that are ideal for their voices are often performed by singers from other classifications, and more than a few lyric sopranos have damaged their voices singing heavier spinto roles.[2][page needed] Spinto roles are often sung by lyric sopranos, despite calling for high sustained tessitura passages that compete with full orchestral sound, and the lighter lyric voice needs to exercise caution when moving to this heavier category.[3]
The spinto tenor is the spinto soprano's male equivalent among operatic voice types.
Spinto roles
- Arabella, Arabella (Strauss)
- Adriana, Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
- Ariadne, Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
- Aida, Aida (Verdi)
- Alice Ford, Falstaff (Verdi)
- Amanda/Clitoria, Ligeti)
- Amelia, Un ballo in maschera, (Verdi)
- Angelica, Suor Angelica (Puccini)
- Chrysothemis, Elektra (Strauss)
- Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
- Desdemona, Otello (Verdi)
- Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Mozart)
- Elisabetta, Don Carlos (Verdi)
- Fedora, Fedora (Giordano)
- Lady Billows, Albert Herring (Britten)
- Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Verdi)
- Leonora, La forza del destino (Verdi)
- Liza, Tchaikovsky)
- Manon, Manon Lescaut (Puccini)
- Margherita, Mefistofele (Boito)
- Maria/Amelia, Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)
- The Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)
- Minnie La fanciulla del West (Puccini)
- Rusalka, Rusalka (Dvořák)
- Floria Tosca, Tosca (Puccini)
- Salome, Salome (Strauss)
- Santuzza, Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
- Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
- Vitellia, La clemenza di Tito (Mozart)
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-8108-0188-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-877761-64-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-513018-9.)
Further reading
- Boldrey, Richard; Caldwell, Robert; Singer, Werner; Wall, Joan; Pines, Roger (1992). Singer's Edition (Light Lyric Soprano): Operatic Arias – Light Lyric Soprano. Caldwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-877761-02-7.
- Boldrey, Richard; Caldwell, Robert; Singer, Werner; Wall, Joan; Pines, Roger (1992). Singer's Edition (Soubrette): Operatic Arias – Soubrette. Caldwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-877761-03-4.
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