This classic piece features a duet between a coloratura soprano and and a mezzo-soprano.

这个古典作品的特点是花腔女高音和次女高音之间的一段二重奏。

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Hence her horror when Joanie took up, in the early 1950s, with a darkly handsome concert pianist called Richard Bonynge, who was determined to turn her into a world-class coloratura soprano.

因此，在19世纪50年代早期，当琼接受了一位深肤色，英俊的音乐会钢琴家理查德•博宁的爱情，而他决定要将她变成一个世界级花腔女高音歌唱家的时候，琼有些害怕。

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The role of Violetta requires a bigger, warmer voice and more dramatic inflection than this petite coloratura soprano can muster, despite her obvious gifts as an actress.

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The role of the demimondaine Violetta requires a bigger, warmer voice and more dramatic inflection than this petite coloratura soprano can muster, despite her obvious gifts as an actress.

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