coloratura

col·or·a·tu·ra

C0489500 (kŭl′ər-ə-to͝or′ə, -tyo͝or′ə)n. Music 1. The ornamentation of music written for the voice with florid passages, especially trills and runs.2. Vocal music characterized by florid ornamental passages.3. A singer, especially a soprano, specializing in such ornamentation.

[Obsolete Italian, from Late Latin colōrātūra, coloring, from Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrāre, to color, from color, color; see color.]

coloratura

(ˌkɒlərəˈtʊərə) or

colorature

n1. (Classical Music) a. (in 18th- and 19th-century arias) a florid virtuoso passageb. (as modifier): a coloratura aria. 2. (Classical Music) Also called: coloratura soprano a lyric soprano who specializes in such music[C19: from obsolete Italian, literally: colouring, from Latin colōrāre to colour]

col•o•ra•tu•ra

(ˌkʌl ər əˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə, ˌkɒl-, ˌkoʊl-)

n., pl. -ras. 1. runs, trills, and other florid decorations in vocal music. 2. a lyric soprano of high range who specializes in such music. [1730–40; < Italian < Late Latin: literally, coloring. See color, -ate¹, -ure]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coloratura - a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal musiccoloratura sopranosoprano - a female singer
	2.	coloratura - singing with florid ornamentationsinging, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music

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Koloraturcoloratureколоратураколоратурный

coloratura

coloratura:

see sopranosoprano
[Ital.,=above], female voice of highest pitch. The three basic types of solo soprano are coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. The coloratura has a great range and impressive vocal agility; the lyric soprano has a light, pretty voice; and the dramatic soprano has a sustained
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Coloratura

in music, ornamentation in the vocal part; usually used to describe the vocal execution of several sounds, including technically difficult virtuoso-like passages, to a single syllable of text.

Coloratura was employed in vocal music as early as the Middle Ages but became particularly widespread in the arias of 18thand 19th-century Italian opera, which made a distinction between “bravura” (broad leaps and loud roulades) and “delicate” (graceful melismas and passages sung softly) coloratura. Coloratura was sometimes notated by the composer himself and sometimes improvised by the singers. Often it became an end in itself, a sheer display of virtuosity; yet many composers successfully used it as a means of artistic characterization, including Mozart, Rossini, Delibes, Verdi, R. Strauss, Glinka, and Rimsky-Korsakov. A high female voice with the flexibility and agility required for the execution of coloratura is called a coloratura soprano.

coloratura

, colorature Music1. a. (in 18th- and 19th-century arias) a florid virtuoso passage b. (as modifier): a coloratura aria 2. a lyric soprano who specializes in such music

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noun a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music

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noun singing with florid ornamentation

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