A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice. It has the highest vocal range of all voice types. There are many types of sopranos like the coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, the soubrette which differ in vocal agility, vocal weight, timbre, and voice quality.

A voice type is a particular human singing voice identified as having certain qualities or characteristics of vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, and vocal transition points, such as breaks and lifts within the voice.

A voice type is a result of the following vocal variables:

range – the notes your body can produce

weight – light voices, bright and agile; heavy voices, powerful, rich, and darker

tessitura – part of the range which is most comfortable to sing

timbre – unique voice quality and texture

transition points – points where you change from chest to middle, to head register

vocal registers – how extended each register is

speech level – speaking range

physical characteristics.

There are long-established top soprano voice singers like Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Victoria De Los Angeles, Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson, Montserrat Caballé, Lucia Popp, and Margaret Price. Famous non-opera sopranos are Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Alison Krauss.

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