sopranos

5 definitions • 5 examples

a woman or girl with a voice that can sing the highest notes:

Sopranos Ann Monoyios and Miriam Dubrow sang with beaming, radiant sweetness.

a boy with a voice that sings the highest notes:

The range of his voice changed a lot over his career; he started as a soprano and finished an alto.

having a voice that uses the highest notes:

She sang regularly as a soprano soloist in many choral works.

The soprano voice of a 13-year-old boy singing rang through the building.

in a voice that uses the highest notes:

She spent 20 years singing soprano with the New York Metropolitan Opera.

a woman’s or young boy’s singing voice in the highest range, or a person or musical instrument with this range