Editing Soprano (section)

=== Coloratura ===
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The coloratura soprano may be a lyric coloratura or a dramatic coloratura. The lyric coloratura soprano is a very agile light voice with a high upper extension capable of fast vocal coloratura. Light coloraturas have a range of approximately middle C (C<sub>4</sub>) to "high F" (''[[in alt]]'') (F<sub>6</sub>) with some coloratura sopranos being able to sing somewhat lower or higher,<ref name="McKinney" /> e.g. an interpolated A{{music|b}}<sub>6</sub> in the Doll Aria, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille", from ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]'', e.g. by [[Rachele Gilmore]] in a 2009 performance, and a written A{{music|natural}}<sub>6</sub> by [[Audrey Luna]] in 2017 in ''[[The Exterminating Angel (opera)|The Exterminating Angel]]'', both at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-high-note-exterminating-angel.html "At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It's Never Been Sung Before"] by [[Zachary Woolfe]], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 7 November 2017</ref>

The dramatic coloratura soprano is a coloratura soprano with great flexibility in high-lying velocity passages, yet with great sustaining power comparable to that of a full spinto or dramatic soprano. Dramatic coloraturas have a range of approximately "low B" (B<sub>3</sub>) to "high F" (F<sub>6</sub>) with some coloratura sopranos being able to sing somewhat higher or lower.<ref name=Coffin />