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One must not mistake the Mozartian dramatic coloratura soprano with the Italian dramatic coloratura soprano. A singer
that sings Konstanze, Donna Anna or Fiordiligi can not necessarily sing the Italian dramatic coloratura parts, due to other
vocal demands. Imogene, Leonora and Violetta require a dramatic soprano voice and are most often sung by dramatic
sopranos with an agile voice that can easily produce coloratura and high notes. Roles like Norma, Lady Macbeth,
Odabella or Abigaille are good examples of Italian roles that are not necessarily a coloratura soprano (even though the
score calls for coloratura singing), but a full bodied dramatic soprano with a voice that can handle extreme dramatic
singing and that is flexible enough to sing coloratura. Giuseppe Verdi wrote many parts like this in his early years.
Two roles mentioned above, Salome and the Marschallin, are relatively high dramatic sopranos and require that the
soprano can endure long stretches of very high tessitura. Richard Strauss himself said that Salome should be sung by
someone with the flexibility of a dramatic coloratura due to the high tessitura.
Hochdramatischer Sopran[edit]
Range: From about the G below middle C to the B two octaves above middle C
English equivalent: lyric mezzo-soprano
Description: A lyric soprano's instrument in a lower range; the resulting sound is less piercing, more lachrymose and
rather sensitive. The voices are similar, giving rise to the term 'short soprano' i.e. a soprano without the highest notes.
In fact, many lyric mezzos with strong extensions to their upper vocal registers make the transition to singing as
sopranos at some point in their careers.
Roles:
Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[5]
Dorabella, Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[5]
Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)[5]
Suzuki, Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)[5]
Dramatischer Mezzosopran[edit]
Tenor Fächer[edit]
Spieltenor / Tenor buffo[edit]
English equivalent: (lyric) comic tenor. It is quite possible for a young Spieltenor to eventually work into the
lighter lyrischer Tenorcategory; the deciding factor will be the beauty of voice.
Range: From about low C to the B an octave above middle C (C to b')
Roles:
Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[6]
Pedrillo, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[6]
Charaktertenor[edit]
Baritone Fächer[edit]
Bariton / Baryton-Martin[edit]
Bass Fächer[edit]
Basso cantante/Lyric bass-bariton/High lyric bass[edit]
English equivalent: dramatic low bass. Dramatic basso profundo is a powerful basso profundo voice.[17]
Range: From about the C two octaves below middle C to the F above middle C (C to f')
Roles:
Il Commendatore (Don Pedro), Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[18]
Fafner, Das Rheingold, Siegfried (Richard Wagner)[18]
The Grand Inquisitor, Don Carlos (Giuseppe Verdi)[18]
Gurnemanz, Titurel, Parsifal (Richard Wagner)[18]
Heinrich, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)[18]
Marke, Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner)[18]