The singing is generally excellent, with Simon Keenlyside standing out for his richly vocalized (and amusingly dour) Papageno and Diana Damrau for her spot-on coloratura and genuine venom as the Queen of the Night.
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Coloratura
//kɒləɹəˈtjʊɹə//
Synonyms for "coloratura" (96 found)
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9 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- koloratuuri noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
- koloratuurilaulaja noun (type of singer)
- koloratuurisopraano noun (type of singer)
- kuviolaulu noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
French
1 entries- colorature noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
German
1 entries- Koloratur noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
Italian
1 entries- coloratura noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
Polish
1 entries- koloratura noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
Portuguese
1 entries- coloratura noun (fancy passage in vocal music)
Sample sentences
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The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business.
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She has a lighter and more coloratura voice.
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I drew a deep breath, this time fortunately unmixed with gin and tonic. I was profoundly stirred. “You mean,” I said, my voice quavering like that of a coloratura soprano, “that I went through that soul-shattering experience all for nothing?”
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