At the later opera house she began to branch out into leading soprano roles.
But Wagner gives each great soprano role its own profile.
With only ten days' notice, Heather Harper stepped in and learned the soprano role.
Interestingly, she has been taking up soprano roles.
However, rarely is a soprano simply unable to sing a low note in a song within a soprano role.
Four of his operas have been produced, with his wife in the leading soprano roles.
She made her career singing leading soprano roles throughout Europe.
In the 17th and 18th centuries many of the soprano roles were written for male sopranos.
Nelleke Palm, in the other soprano role, gave an effective performance that showed some weakness at the top of her range.
She has taken on many dramatic soprano roles that are probably too heavy for her voice.