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contralto N (sounds)

contralto

صَوْتٌ نِسَائِيٌّ مُنْخَفِض

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In 1977, she took over as the company's principal contralto, playing ten of these leading roles with the company until its closure in 1982. en.wikipedia.org

However, the vocal tessitura of a classically trained contralto would still make these singers more comfortable singing in the lower part of the voice. en.wikipedia.org

She also occasionally played some of the larger contralto roles. en.wikipedia.org

Male singers can be classified by vocal range as bass, bass-baritone, baritone, tenor and countertenor, and female singers as contralto, mezzo-soprano and soprano. en.wikipedia.org

She was initially trained as a contralto, a range she found uncomfortable. en.wikipedia.org

The collection was completed in 1841, and initially composed for tenor, and mezzo-soprano, later arranged for baritone, contralto, or soprano, and piano. en.wikipedia.org

A demanding work, it requires 14 soloists (three sopranos, one contralto, two tenors, four baritones, and four basses). en.wikipedia.org

Singers in this class, like the coloratura contraltos, are rare. en.wikipedia.org

So although a singer in another genre might have a range equivalent to a contralto, they would not have a similar sound. en.wikipedia.org

A true operatic contralto is extremely rare, so much so that often roles intended for contraltos are performed by mezzo-sopranos. en.wikipedia.org

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