soprano
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Work to add a padel court and luxury car garage hit the brakes after a survey found several species of bat, including the common pipistrelle and soprano pipistrelles, foraging in the grounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Harris’ feather-light soprano is intoxicating, even when the story takes a sobering turn and the protagonist’s mother decides she’s had enough.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Her voice, a birdlike soprano with an animated trill, hadn’t changed much from her youth: “I sound like a little girl singing all these Lord-awful songs,” she told “Fresh Air’s” Terry Gross in 2001.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
As Selim, the visiting Turk who catches Fiorilla’s eye, bass Vincent Graña had pitch and rhythm issues, and the grating timbre of Kresley Figueroa’s big, agile soprano undercut her depiction of Fiorilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
No high-res shots of little Nate Foster scurrying around the Christmas tree, belting “Santa Baby” in a clarion, silver soprano.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
Dame Felicity Lott, one of Britain's best-loved sopranos, has died at the age of 79.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Two sopranos and a countertenor depict a paradisiacal dream world of “fairies in the forest,” accompanied by an improvising violin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
In their study, the scientists showed that the high-frequency sounds of operatic sopranos are produced with the same principle than speech and most other forms of singing.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
Scotto long reigned as one of the most popular sopranos at the Metropolitan Opera.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
It’s tough, because while doing all of the above, a coloratura must also be lighter and faster than all the other sopranos.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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