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=== Lyric ===
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The lyric soprano is a warm voice with a bright, full timbre, which can be heard over a big orchestra. It generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ''[[ingénue]]s'' and other sympathetic characters in opera. Lyric sopranos have a range from approximately middle C (C<sub>4</sub>) to "high D" (D<sub>6</sub>).<ref name=Coffin />

The lyric soprano may be a light lyric soprano or a full lyric soprano.<ref name=Boldrey /> The light lyric soprano has a bigger voice than a soubrette but still possesses a youthful quality.<ref name=Boldrey /> The full lyric soprano has a more mature sound than a light-lyric soprano and can be heard over a bigger orchestra.<ref name=Boldrey />