Sentence examples for second soprano from inspiring English sources

Patty Andrews, a soprano, was lead singer for the trio, Maxene sang second soprano, and LaVerne took the lowest line.

Starring: (from left) Christy Altomare as SECOND SOPRANO (SHARON); David Hyde Pierce as ACCOMPANIST (MANNY); Vanessa Williams as MARIA CALLAS.

Grim, all right, but she liked it just fine for the tune, which suited her voice, a second soprano alto.

In all-female groups the voice parts are called by the same names, with tenor being roughly equivalent to a lyric soprano, lead being second soprano, baritone alto, and bass contralto.

One song had Ilana Zarankin, a soprano, vaulting to vertiginous heights over a black groan of scraped strings and pedal tones; in another Ms. Zarankin sang in intentionally ragged concord with a second soprano, Clarissa Lyons, and a mezzo-soprano, Wang Nian.

Paradoxically, Sharon Graham, second soprano who sings a Lady Macbeth aria and cabaletta, and tells Callas off (an unearned, unconvincing yet important moment) is meant to be an unready candidate for the music she sings, which makes the audience appear foolish for applauding her so enthusiastically.

Even there I was never the star, although I would be put in the second sopranos because I could lead the section with the intricate harmonies.

Imagine a web of gazes all around the room: the baritones looking at the basses, the second sopranos all looking at, singing to, training their longing on the same lethally hot countertenor.

We both love the harmonies, so when it splits a lot between first and second sopranos we like to be together, because we get to hear all of the different lines.

The boys are noticeably knowledgeable: one asks, "Should the second sopranos do a hocket?" (A hocket means dividing a syllable glotally into more than one note). Later, Mr. Litton plays two notes and asks, "What interval is that?" The answer is an augmented third.

The third soprano, Katherine Watson, has a brighter, freer sound, and plenty of power.