Coloratura vs Colorature - What's the difference?
coloratura | colorature |
(uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
* 2004 , The Video Librarian , volume 19, page 71
(countable) a singer of such passages, especially a soprano
* 1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
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(music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.
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As nouns the difference between coloratura and colorature
is that coloratura is florid or fancy passages in vocal music while colorature is an elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.As an adjective coloratura
is pertaining to coloratura.coloratura
English
(wikipedia coloratura)Noun
(en-noun)- 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.
- The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business.
Adjective
(en adjective)- She has a lighter and more coloratura voice.
- This role has the most coloratura singing in the opera.