Meaning of COLORATURA

Pronunciation:			`kuluru'tûru
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  singing with florid ornamentation [n]  a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music [adj]  (of lyric singing or a lyric singer) marked by florid virtuoso trills and runs
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	Synonyms:		coloratura soprano, lyric
	See Also:		Callas, Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas, Melba, singing, soprano, vocalizing
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		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