Sopranos will take the Manship Theatre spotlight when Opera Louisiane opens its 2025-26 season with "Over the Top" on Sunday.

Why "Over the Top"? Well, the three sopranos in this show are known for their high-flying voices. That's usually the case with coloratura sopranos.

Coloratura is when a singer "colors" a solo with elaborate vocal ornamentation. It happens with such characters as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's "The Magic Flute."

'Over the Top'

An Opera Louisiane performance

3 p.m. Sunday

Manship Theatre, Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St.

$50

operalouisiane.com

The characters are big in voice and "over the top" in personality, and the three sopranos in this program — Rainelle Krause, Kelly Curtin and Sarah McHan — are known for such performances.

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