Dramatic Soprano - Listen and Compare

Listen and Compare

  • To hear an example of a Dramatic soprano (Jessye Norman in title role of Ariadne auf Naxos) click on this link: Watch here
  • To hear an example of a Wagnerian soprano (Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung) click on this link: Watch here

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