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A sopranist is able to sing in the soprano vocal range which is approximately between C 4 and C 6, though at times may expand somewhat higher or lower. Men of all voice types can possess the wide-ranged and effective falsetto or head voice needed to produce the contralto, mezzo-soprano and soprano vocal ranges. Some countertenors can sing up ...
This category is intended for notable American sopranos. There is controversy when the term "soprano" is applied to men. Men who sing in the soprano range are sometimes called "sopranists", "sopranistas", or "male sopranos". At the moment there is no established criteria on which term is used by Wikipedia for categorization purposes.
There is controversy when the term "soprano" is applied to men. Men who sing in the soprano range are sometimes called "sopranists", "sopranistas", or "male sopranos" ( Category:Sopranists ). Please sub-categorize entries by nationality ( Category:Sopranos by nationality ) or a subcategory in Category:Operatic sopranos , if possible
Michael Maniaci (born May 3, 1976) is an American opera singer. Possessing a male soprano voice, Maniaci is noted for his claim to be able to sing into the upper soprano range without resorting to falsetto , an otherwise common phonation for men who sing in high registers, such as countertenors .
Micaela Villegas, "La Perricholi", Peruvian actress and singer Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole (she is not identified by name, and the remaining characters are all fictional) François Villon, French poet and vagabond George Antheil and Ezra Pound: Le Testament; Rudolf Friml: The Vagabond King
The general vocal range of an adult female soprano is C 4 –C 6 (highlighted), with notes unreachable by an average Treble marked in red (B 5 –C 6).. Most trebles have a comfortable range from the A below "middle C" (A 3, 220 Hz) to the F one and a half octaves above "middle C" (F 5, 698 Hz), [10] roughly corresponding to an adult male baritone range, up one octave.
Some sopranos can sing one or more octaves above high C in high head voice or using the whistle register. [3] The term soprano was developed in relation to classical and operatic voices, where the classification is based not merely on the singer's vocal range but also on the tessitura and timbre of the voice. For classical and operatic singers ...
A. Emma Abbott; Bessie Abott; Suzanne Adams; Adele Addison; Titilayo Adedokun; Ada Adini; Laura Aikin; Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod; Hanan Alattar; Licia Albanese; Mariska ...