| There are seven women and five men, comprising five sopranos, three mezzo sopranos, two tenors and three baritones. |
| There are eight sopranos, four mezzos, one counter-tenor, three tenors, seven baritones, and two basses. |
| Both women were sopranos, and we saw them sing alone and together a number of times. |
| A third passage groups the sopranos with the tenors, and the altos with the basses. |
| It is curious, however, that so few of the work's prominent recordings feature French sopranos. |
| The results was that he was unable to see anything on the platform, except just nine sopranos and nine contraltos at each corner. |
