'coloratura' definitions:
Definition of 'coloratura'
(from WordNet)
noun
A lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music [syn: coloratura, coloratura soprano]
noun
Singing with florid ornamentation
Synonyms of 'coloratura'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acciaccatura,
- alto,
- appoggiatura,
- arabesque,
- aria,
- aria buffa,
- aria cantabile,
- aria da capo,
- aria da chiesa,
- aria di bravura,
- aria di coloratura,
- aria fugata,
- aria parlante,
- arietta,
- arioso,
- baritone,
- bass,
- bel canto,
- bourdon,
- bravura,
- burden,
- cadence,
- cadenza,
- cantabile,
- chest voice,
- choral,
- choral singing,
- choric,
- croon,
- crooning,
- division,
- dramatic,
- drone,
- drone bass,
- embellishment,
- falsetto,
- fioritura,
- flight,
- flourish,
- folk singing,
- grace,
- grace note,
- head voice,
- heroic,
- hum,
- humming,
- hymnal,
- incidental,
- incidental note,
- intonation,
- liturgical,
- long mordent,
- lyric,
- lyricism,
- mordent,
- operatic,
- operatic singing,
- ornament,
- passage,
- pralltriller,
- psalmic,
- psalmodial,
- psalmodic,
- recitative,
- roulade,
- run,
- sacred,
- scat,
- scat singing,
- singing,
- single mordent,
- sol-fa,
- sol-fa exercise,
- solfeggio,
- solmization,
- solo,
- song,
- soprano,
- tenor,
- tonic sol-fa,
- treble,
- turn,
- vocal,
- vocal music,
- vocalization,
- voce,
- voce di petto,
- voce di testa,
- voice,
- warbling,
- yodel,
- yodeling