Soprani’sta (It.)

A soprano singer; specifically, a male soprano (castra’to) Sopra’no (It.; Ger. Sopran’; Fr. de us. The highest cla or division of the human voice.—The female soprano, o1 SOSPIRANDO. treble, has a normal compa from c! toa® all tones of which, except the extremes, are common to both the dl ee and head-register; solo voices often reach above *, and phenomenal ones up to g# or even c, There are also boy-soprani, and male soprani (of these latter 2 cla es, the falsetti (alt i natura’li, tenor i’ni, and castra’4i) .—Soprano dramma’tico, a female soprano of dramatic power.. ae aod leggid’ro, a light soprano...Meszo‘soprano, see Metso... Soprano natura’ Ze, natural soprano, a male singer having an unusually developed falsetto of soprano quality... Soprano sfoga’to, see Sfogato... Soprano clef, eh Cclet on the frst line. Soprano string, the chanterelle,