Julia Murney ....... soprano?

[winston89]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 1:44am

I was listing to some solngs sung by Julia Murney just now and I was curious about something. While listing it seemed to me thhat her voice could go pretty high. I am wondering, Is she classifide sp? as a soprano. I may be wrong ( and probally am) but it seems that her voice is able to go pretty high.


So in short, is Julia Murney a soprano?

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 1:59am

Hm, I'm not sure on that one.

But it's "classified" for future reference.

[winston89]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 4:16am

Yea, I wrote that post when I was half awake. Usually when I am writing and I am half awake and not with it there is bad spelling and grammar. I still am for that matter half awake.

[achancetofly]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 5:28am

I'm not sure what she's officially considered, but I know the woman has an INCREDIBLE range. She does a lot of stuff in the soprano range, but then she can completely turn around and BLOW YOU AWAY with some really low songs (i.e. a lot of stuff on her solo album).


I think her insane range is one of the things that make her such an amazing performer. She has very little limits.

[mrkringas]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 6:53am

"Official" classifications are irrelevant as each voice so so unique and when applying such classification most people seem to have any understanding of what common criteria are being applied.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 9:43am

Usually classifying voices has a lot to do with the timbre of one's voice, and her dark, rich tone sounds very alto to me despite the fact that she can sing pretty high.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 1:58pm

One's fach is about more than just how high one can sing, it's about tessitura and timbre. In opera most mezzo sopranos can sing up to C6 or so, but they're still considered mezzos because they are more comfortable with lower notes, and they have a darker, heavier voice.

It also depends on one's passagio: typically the soprano break into upper register lies around F5 or so, whereas an alto or mezzo has a lower one.

Updated On: 1/6/07 at 01:58 PM

[donna_darko_23]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 3:25pm

Julia does have an incredible range. She has a deeper tone which makes her sound more like an alto; however, she can still sing high stuff very well.

[bjivie2]

Posted: 1/6/07 at 3:33pm

It's also very difficult to classify someone who sings musical theatre, as the classifications are specific to opera, where the ranges are very distinct. Musical theatre usually ranges two different voice classifications (sometimes more)