There are seven women and five men, comprising five sopranos, three mezzo sopranos, two tenors and three baritones. |
Both women were sopranos, and we saw them sing alone and together a number of times. |
The results was that he was unable to see anything on the platform, except just nine sopranos and nine contraltos at each corner. |
There are eight sopranos, four mezzos, one counter-tenor, three tenors, seven baritones, and two basses. |
The two-hour work demands almost 500 performers, including five sopranos, eight other soloists, an augmented orchestra and massed choruses. |
We tend to associate Handel operas with high voiced prima donnas, the castrati and the sopranos. |