coloratura

n. trill, flourish (Music)

Coloratura has several meanings. The word derives from the Italian colorare (to colour; to heighten; to enliven) or colorazione (colouring, coloration). Its most well-known meaning is applied to voice type - i.e., the coloratura soprano, most famously typified by the rôle of Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. . This type of soprano has a high range and essays with ease the style of singing that includes elaborate ornamentation and embellishment, including running passages and trills. That other voice types may also be masters of coloratura technique is certainly undeniable, yet the term coloratura when applied to a voice without further qualification of the term is universally accepted as meaning soprano coloratura. Richard Miller names two types of soprano coloratura voices (the coloratura and the dramatic coloratura) as well as a mezzo-soprano coloratura voice, and although he does not mention the coloratura contralto, he includes mention of specific works requiring coloratura technique for the contralto voice.
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Noun
1. a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
(synonym) coloratura soprano
(hypernym) soprano
(hyponym) Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas
2. singing with florid ornamentation
(hypernym) singing, vocalizing

n. coloratura; (Music) flourish

n. coloratura, trill, flourish (Music)