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The Spinto Voice
Katie Golan
What Is A Spinto Voice?
• Spinto means literally in Italian “pushed” or “driven”
• The spinto voice is considered to be of a lyric quality but has the power and range of a more dramatic nature
• The full Italian categorical name of the spinto voice is lirico spinto, for tenors the spinto voice may be referred to as “tenore di forza”
(tenor of force/strength) or “robusto” (robust/sturdy)
• The full German fach label for the spinto voice is jugendlich-dramatisch
The Spinto Soprano
•The spinto soprano:
• Is able to cut through large orchestras
• Generally can sing lyric and dramatic roles which makes their repertoire list vast and varied• For example: Leontyne Price sang Pamina from Die Zauberflöte
and yet also sang the title role in Tosca
Range Expected of a Professional Spinto Soprano:
Spinto SopranosLeontyne
Price
Aprile Millo
Daniela Dessi
Renata Tebaldi
Karita Mattila Gundula
Janowitz
Spinto Soprano Roles•Madama Butterfly, Madama Butterfly •Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut •Suor Angelica, Suor Angelica•Elizabeth de Valois, Don Carlo•Leonora, La forza del destino•Amelia, Un ballo in maschera•Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier•Elsa, Lohengrin•Susannah, Susannah •Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni •Donna Anna, Don Giovanni•La Contessa, Le Nozze di Figaro•Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte•Magda Sorel, The Consul •Aida, Aida•Liza, The Queen of Spades •Floria Tosca, Tosca
Leontyne Price as Aida
Spinto Sopranos singing!
Leontyne Price's Farewell Performance of Aida: "O patria mia“
Karita Mattila sings "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca
Daniela Dessi sings "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata
Renata Tebaldi singing "Suicidio" from La Gioconda
The Spinto Tenor •Like the soprano spinto, the tenor spinto has a lyric voice that is capable of a more weight in their voice that allows a dramatic sound not found in lighter tenors
• In the “old school Italian tradition” the spinto tenor was originally separated into two more categories: lirico spinto and drammatico-spinto
• This separation has simply been cut down to just “spinto tenor”
• The German fach categorical expression for “spinto tenor” is jugendlicher heldentenor
Range Expected of a Professional Spinto Tenor:
SPINTO TENORSEnrico Caruso Richard
TuckerPlcáido Domingo
Jussi Bjorling
Giuseppe di Stefano Franco Corelli
SPINTO TENOR ROLES•Canio, Pagliacci•Des Grieux, Manon Lescaut•Don Carlos, Don Carlos•Ernani, Ernani•Hermann, Queen of Spades•Idomeneo, Idomeneo•Macduff, Macbeth•Manrico, Il trovatore•Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca•Maurizio, Adriana Lecouvreur•Max, Der Freischütz•Pollione, Norma•Stiffelio, Stiffelio•Riccardo, Un ballo in maschera•Turiddu, Cavalleria rusticana
Enrico Caruso as Canio in Pagliacci
Spinto tenors singingEnrico Carus singing "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci
Giuseppe di Stefano singing "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
Placido Domingo sings "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca
Richard Tucker sings "La donna e mobile" from Rigoletto