soubrette
Example Sentences
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The soubrette Zerlina is also a lot fancier—García’s daughter Maria Malibran, then 18 but already a superstar, sang the role in 1826.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
At the Milwaukee Rep, I did a play called “Cat Among the Pigeons,” which is a Feydeau farce, and I played the ingénue in that, or the soubrette.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 15, 2019
Grande, like many teen aspirants to Broadway, trained as a belter, a more natural fit for her voice than the R&B soubrette she hadn’t quite grown into.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2014
She managed to join the Operetta theatre as a chorus member and bit-part singer, and in time-honoured fashion was given her big chance when the soubrette broke her leg.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2012
The other lady of the ensemble, a svelte twilight soubrette, objects to my having, so to speak, photographed her in her old housecoat.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
