Spinto

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Spinto ("pushed") is a vocal term used to characterize a soprano or tenor voice of a weight between lyric and dramatic that is capable of handling large dramatic climaxes at moderate intervals. This voice type is recognized by its "slice," allowing the singer to be heard over a full Romantic orchestra in roles excluding, in particular, the most taxing of the Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and R. Strauss parts.

  • Soprano lirico-spinto (Jugendlich-dramatisch in German): lyric soprano with a fair amount of "pulp". Sometimes the term lirico-drammatico is used. As they have both a lyric and a dramatic quality, spinto sopranos are suitable for wide range of roles, from Micaela in Carmen over Mimi in La Bohème to Verdi heroines like Leonora (in Il Trovatore or La Forza del Destino), Aïda or Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, a role which Renata Tebaldi made her own.
  • Tenore spinto: the tenor equivalent of the above. Examples range from Rodolfo in La Bohème over Alfredo in La Traviata all the way up to Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca and Radames in Aïda.
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