What type of soprano was Emma Matthews famous for?
Lyric soprano A lyric soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre that can be heard over an orchestra. The lyric soprano voice generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ingenues and other sympathetic characters in opera. Lyric sopranos have a range from approximately middle C (C4) to "high D" (D6). This is the most common female singing voice. There is a tendency to divide lyric sopranos into two groups, light and full.
Ermonela Jaho Ermonela Jaho is an Albanian soprano. She holds dual citizenship, Italian and Albanian. She has been described by "The Economist" as "the world’s most acclaimed soprano".