You can't get much chirpier than the great coloraturas Luisa Tetrazzini
and Amelita Galli-Curci. Also Conchita Supervia (one of the chirpiest
mezzos ever). And, of course, that doyenne of Hollywood chirpiness,
Jeanette MacDonald. It seems to have been a matter of taste early in the
20th Century that led to this type of voice among sopranos. It's a
technical detail one certainly didn't find in any other voice type. Louise
Homer, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, and Sophie Braslau were certainly not
"chirpy". "Hooty" maybe (the early 20th Century M.O. of low-voiced women
was "hootiness"), but never "chirpy".
K
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