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Singer vs Coloratura - What's the difference?

singer | coloratura |

As nouns the difference between singer and coloratura

is that singer is person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing or singer can be a person who, or device which, singes; a machine for singeing cloth while coloratura is (uncountable) florid or fancy passages in vocal music.

As a adjective coloratura is

pertaining to.

singer

English

Etymology 1

(sing).

Noun

(wikipedia singer) (en noun)
  • Person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing.
  • (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
    • Derived terms
    * opera singer

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who, or device which, singes; a machine for singeing cloth.

    • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    coloratura

    English

    (wikipedia coloratura)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
  • * 2004 , The Video Librarian , volume 19, page 71
    • 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.
  • (countable) a singer of such passages, especially a soprano
  • * 1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
    • The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to .
    • She has a lighter and more coloratura voice.
    This role has the most coloratura singing in the opera.
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