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A spinto soprano (also lirico-spinto or "pushed lyric") is an operatic soprano that has the brightness and height of a lyric soprano, but can be "pushed" to dramatic climaxes without strain, and may have a somewhat darker timbre. It generally uses squillo to "slice" through a full orchestra (rather than singing over it like a dramatic soprano). It also handles dynamic changes very well. Spinto sopranos have a range from approximately middle C (C4) to "high D" (D6). The spinto repertoire includes many Verdi, verismo and Puccini roles, some of which are very popular in opera. The fact that spinto sopranos are uncommon means that these popular roles are often performed by singers from other classifications, and more than a few lyric sopranos have damaged their voices singing spinto roles.

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Spinto singers

ť * Michelle Crider

* Leontyne Price ť * Aprile Millo

* Renata Tebaldi

Spinto roles

ť * Adriana, Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)

   * Aïda, Aïda (Verdi) ť * Alice Ford, Falstaff (Verdi)

   * Butterfly, Madama Butterfly (Puccini) ť * Desdemona, Otello (Verdi)

   * Elisabetta, Don Carlos (Verdi) ť * Leonora, La forza del destino (Verdi)

   * Lisa, The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) ť * Manon, Manon Lescaut (Puccini)

   * Margherita, Mefistofele (Boito) ť * Maria/Amelia, Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)

   * The Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) ť * Rusalka, Rusalka (Dvořák)

   * Floria Tosca, Tosca (Puccini) ť * Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)

   * Tatiana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)

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