coloratura
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian coloratura, from Late Latin colōrātūra, from colōrāre (“to colour”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coloratura (countable and uncountable, plural coloraturas)
- (uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
- 2004, The Video Librarian, volume 19, page 71:
- The singing is generally excellent, with Simon Keenlyside standing out for his richly vocalized (and amusingly dour) Papageno and Diana Damrau for her spot-on coloratura and genuine venom as the Queen of the Night.
- (countable) A singer of such passages, especially a soprano.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business.
Translations edit
fancy passage in vocal music
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type of singer
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Adjective edit
coloratura (comparative more coloratura, superlative most coloratura)
- Pertaining to coloratura.
- She has a lighter and more coloratura voice.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- I drew a deep breath, this time fortunately unmixed with gin and tonic. I was profoundly stirred. “You mean,” I said, my voice quavering like that of a coloratura soprano, “that I went through that soul-shattering experience all for nothing?”
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
coloratura f (plural colorature)
- colouration/coloration, colouring/coloring
- (music) virtuosic ornamentation of a melody
Latin edit
Participle edit
colōrātūra
- inflection of colōrātūrus:
Participle edit
colōrātūrā
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coloratura f (plural coloraturas)
Further reading edit
- “coloratura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014