Lyric soprano

A certain type of soprano voice is called a lyric soprano . Lyrical sopranos have a heavier voice than soubrettes , but a lighter voice than dramatic and highly dramatic sopranos. The terms light and difficult describe several aspects of voice physiology such as range and timbre, mobility, volume and carrying capacity.

Lyric soprano is also a term for a vocal subject in which the opera and oratorio parts in question are summarized. The English term Lyric Soprano describes a vocal subject that is usually further subdivided in Germany. One differentiates:

• Youthful-dramatic soprano (also: Spinto-Sopran , soprano lirico spinto , spinto means pressed ), e.g. B.
  • Carl Maria von Weber , Der Freischütz : Agathe
  • Giuseppe Verdi , Otello : Desdemona
  • Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser : Elisabeth
  • Leoš Janáček , Jenůfa : title role
• Lyric soprano , e.g. B.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , The Magic Flute : Pamina
  • Albert Lortzing , Undine : title role
  • Giacomo Puccini , La Bohème : Mimi
  • Georges Bizet , Carmen : Micaëla
  • Richard Wagner , Das Rheingold : Woglinde
  • Richard Strauss , Arabella : Zdenka

However, as always with such classifications, the delimitation is by no means unambiguous and generally applicable. The subjective ideas of who is a lyric soprano or which parts belong in this subject differ in some cases considerably and there are often overlaps with the adjacent subjects (e.g. soubrette , coloratura soprano , dramatic soprano ).