Can you please give me an example of each type of vocal?

Question

Can you please give me an example of each type of vocal?

Eg. Soprano - The greatest love of all

The one above is just an example

Soprano -

Coloratura -

Lyric Soprano -

Spinto Soprano -

Dramatic Soprano -

Mezzo-Soprano -

Alto or Contralto -

Answer 1

You can't really classify popular and contempary songs as for soprano/mezzo-soprano/contralto etc, but I could give you some classical songs, and songs from musicals :)

Coloratura/Lyric/Spinto/Dramatic are all very specifically operatic types of Soprano or Mezzo. You won't find any of this classification outside of opera.

Soprano - Coloratura Soprano - Queen of the Night's Aria

                  (The Magic Flute - Mozart)

                - Lyric Soprano - Quando M'en Vo (Musetta's  

                  Waltz) (La Boheme - Puccini)

                - Spinto Soprano - Un Bel Di Vedremo (Madama

                  Butterfly - Pucinni)

                - Dramatic Soprano - Es Gibt Ein Reich (Ariadne

                  Auf Naxos - Strauss)

General Soprano Roles in musicals - Cosette (Les Miserables), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Christine (The Phantom of the Opera)

Mezzo Soprano - Lyric/Dramatic Mezzo - Habanera

                               (Carmen - Bizet)

                            -  Coloratura Mezzo - Agitata Da Due Venti

                                (Griselda - Vivaldi)

Mezzo roles in musicals - Kim (Miss Saigon), Fantine (Les Miserables), Meg (The Phantom of the Opera)

True contraltos are so rare, there are very few contralto arias (I can't think of any!)

If you want to know about voice classification in non-classical music, have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/voice_class...

Sorry, I know I rambled a bit, but hope it helped :)

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