Definition of soprano Soprano
/sʌpɹɑˈnow/ - [supranow] - so•pran•o
We found 12 definitions of soprano from 7 different sources.
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What does soprano mean?
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NounPlural: sopranoes |
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| soprano - a female singer | ||
| vocalist, vocaliser, vocalizer, singer a person who sings | ||
| coloratura soprano, coloratura singing with florid ornamentation | ||
| mezzo, mezzo-soprano the female singing voice between contralto and soprano | ||
| soprano - the pitch range of the highest female voice | ||
| treble | ||
| pitch the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" | ||
| soprano - the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty | ||
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| soprano - having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef" | ||
| treble | ||
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Wiktionary 
- soprano (Noun)
Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections. - soprano (Noun)
Person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- soprano (n.)
The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices. - soprano (n.)
A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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soprano
A musical part or section that is higher than alto and all other sections, with a typical range from the A below "middle C" to "high C" (two octaves above "middle C").
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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soprano
sō-prä′no, n. the highest variety of voice, treble: a singer with such a voice:—pl. Sopra′nos, Sopra′ni.—n. Sopra′nist, a singer of soprano. [It., from sopra—L. supra or super, above.]
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A soprano is a female singer with a high voice. Young boys who sing, and also girls, are usually called trebles. The word “soprano” can also refer to the top line of choir music. This would be sung by sopranos or trebles. In opera there are different kinds of soprano voices.
A dramatic soprano will sing big, dramatic roles such as Aida in Verdi's opera "Aida".
A coloratura soprano will have a light voice which can bounce up to very high notes (the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s "Magic Flute" goes up to top F (2 ½ octaves above middle C).
A soubrette is usually the maid or a young girl who flirts.
A lyric soprano role needs a beautiful smooth voice, e.g. Mimi in Puccini's "La Boheme".
A heavy dramatic soprano is needed in many of Wagner's operas, e.g. Isolde in "Tristan und Isolde" or Brunnhilde in "Der Ring des Nibelungen".
In the 17th and centuries many of the soprano roles were written for male sopranos (castrati).
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🔤- soprano, noun, singular of sopranos.
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