coloratura soprano is generally divided into drama coloratura soprano, that is, Dramatic coloratura soprano
coloratura soprano is a branch of drama soprano. This voice is flexible and flexible, and the voice has great dramatic performance and elasticity at the same time. The sound lines are thick but have the flexibility to expand the high-pitched area, and at the same time, they have noble lyric lines and strong ability to change the sound intensity. Flexibility and dynamics are two contradictory voice types with the physiological structural characteristics of human voice. Therefore, the dramatic coloratura soprano is an extremely rare soprano voice.
Famous dramatic coloratura sopranos: joan sutherland, Jacina Rumba and Joan Anderson. Lyric coloratura soprano, i.e., Lyric coloratura soprano
, has a very high-pitched area. The sound quality in the high-pitched area is brilliant, flexible and bright, but the low-pitched area is slightly thin. Purity, enthusiasm and sentimentality are the characteristics of this voice. Typical characters such as Rosina in The Barber of Seville. Representative: Diribal, a famous lyric coloratura soprano in China.
The term coloratura indicates a continuous decorative sound played on the main theme. In order to achieve this effect, the singer first sings the main theme, and then sings decorative sounds around the main theme to create various musical and dramatic effects. This decorative sound provides an artistic expression means to express human emotions. Every singer may have a decorative singing form of his own style. Representative writers are: Donizetti, Beligni, Rossini, Handel and Mozart. Coloratura is not a soprano's patent, and similar decorative singing styles often appear in the second female high, male high, male middle and bass voices.