21. Fleming, a lyric soprano, alternated between a wild, rip-roaring, passionate, Maria Callas-style interpretation and the more delicately spun lines she generally chose. 22. Her mother sang in concerts, and as a youngster Harriette learned piano and trained as a lyric soprano. 23. I had been a lyric soprano when I was studying, but I had this chest register, too, that sounded pop. 24. Lyric soprano Maria Stader, one of the leading performers of Mozart arias, died Tuesday. |