Talk:Dramatic coloratura

Mariah Carey is a dramatic coloratura? Don't you have to have a classical singing technique to be catagorized according to classical standards?
 * I suppose classical purists would not call her a dramatic coloratura, but she's a good example of what a dramatic coloratura sounds like (at least at the top of her range) for people not acquainted with classical singers.
 * Are you kidding me? That's not a dramatic sound.  And don't you have to be able to sing the notes in-between in order to have a particular range?

I laughed when I saw the conjecture about Netrebko--but the statement about Carey is just HILARIOUS. She's far from a dramatic coloratura. Many singers can screech those whistle tones out by not singing on the breath aka NOT SINGING! Moreover, her sound is not dramatic but amplified artificially and coloratura concerns more than mere range. The word, in its origonal use, refers to florid, fast singing associated with Bel Canto style opera mostly--not with the wailing of pop standards.

Finally, Netrebko while a formidable singer whose voice shall clearly grow seems to be a potential heavy-lyric singer with some coloratura possibilities--but she's no Queen of the Night, Zerbinetta, Olympia, Lakme etc.