Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The highest singing voice of a woman or young boy.
- noun A singer having such a voice.
- noun The tonal range characteristic of a soprano.
- noun An instrument that sounds within this range.
- noun A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, the highest variety of the female voice; treble.
- noun A singer with such a voice.
- noun A voice-part for or sung by such a voice.
- Pertaining to the soprano: as, soprano music: a soprano voice; the soprano compass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.
- noun A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Musical part or section higher inpitch thanalto and other sections. - noun Person or
instrument thatperforms the soprano part.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the pitch range of the highest female voice
- noun the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
- adjective having or denoting a high range
- noun a female singer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"The word soprano comes from the Italian 'sopra' meaning above," explains Elin, who called the CD Soprano World.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011
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The prima donna soprano is the Signora de Ricci; and the second donna is called
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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Anne Sofie von Otter's mezzo-soprano is perhaps a touch ethereal for Dido, but she didn't try and compete with the orchestra, instead confidently drawing the drama to her, with a stage presence and an unfailingly intelligent musicality that anchored the human dimension of Part II.
Troy to Remember Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Anne Sofie von Otter's mezzo-soprano is perhaps a touch ethereal for Dido, but she didn't try and compete with the orchestra, instead confidently drawing the drama to her, with a stage presence and an unfailingly intelligent musicality that anchored the human dimension of Part II.
Archive 2008-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The statement quoted one of the singer-protesters, Deborah Fink, whom it identified as a soprano, describing the group's first disruption as "intricately interwoven" with the Israel Philharmonic's first piece, Webern's Passacaglia.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN F. BURNS 2011
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I recall the soprano in Ann Patchett's Bel Canto making the comment that she never allowed people to see/hear her practice.
Archive 2008-09-01 ScentScelf 2008
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Her soprano is a shade light, but she negotiates every stylistic variation with fire and grace.
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I recall the soprano in Ann Patchett's Bel Canto making the comment that she never allowed people to see/hear her practice.
Mental Rehearsal ScentScelf 2008
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Kim Jong-il, the unpredictable paranoid dear leader of a country which U.S. officials have dubbed the soprano state because of its involvement in organized crime.
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The singing part of the audition went well, she said I had a beautiful voice and made me a second soprano, which is strange because Ive been an alto my whole life, but whatever.
skipperjbk8: hey pook...I found a Pierre!! skipperjbk8 2003
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