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countable and uncountable, plural coloraturas
(uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music. quotations examples
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.
2004, The Video Librarian, volume 19, page 71
(countable) A singer of such passages, especially a soprano. quotations examples
The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business.
1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
comparative more coloratura, superlative most coloratura
Pertaining to coloratura. quotations examples
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?”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins