When Orsola Pucciarelli took the stage at Reading’s Rajah Theatre in November 1933, it was a night of triumph and reunion. The 27-year-old Reading-born coloratura soprano had gone off to study voice ...

I’ve always admired and envied those who can sing well, even though I can’t carry a tune myself. And there will be lots of remarkable singing at the inaugural Camille Coloratura Awards, coming soon to ...

French operatic coloratura soprano Sabine Devieilhe is known for her interpretation of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Baroque music, and 19th-century operas. The word "coloratura" comes from the ...

The Metropolitan Opera has a dazzling new coloratura soprano. She is Atlanta-born Mattiwilda Dobbs, 31, pert, appealing to the eye, solacing to the most opera-worn ear. She made her debut as Gilda in ...

ASTON — Coloratura soprano Yukiko Ishida will perform Sunday at Neumann University as The Delaware County Symphony presents the second of its Chamber Concert Series for the 2010-2011 season. This ...

She was called Madam and “the greatest living coloratura soprano.” She was, commented one writer, “mentally deranged in her own quiet way,” and “lived unmolested and unmolesting in the city” of Ithaca ...

Beverly Sills, whose sparkling coloratura soprano and warm, spunky personality made her an international opera celebrity and whose experience as a mother made her a passionate advocate for children ...

Edita Gruberova, a Slovak soprano who enchanted audiences with gleaming, vibrant and technically dazzling singing over a 50-year career, becoming a leading exponent of the coloratura soprano repertory ...

Audrey Luna, in the news for singing what is thought to be the highest note in Metropolitan Opera history, had a good idea of her future when she was a student at North Salem High School and Portland ...