Is it better to be a soprano or a contralto?

Contralto!!!! I can sing high, in my falsetto, but I can also sing loooooow.

I don’t think there’s a better or worse. A person’s vocal pitches and timbres just are.

Yeah definitely. I am in general fond of how women’s voices blend together. I’m in an all-female a cappella group and a female quartet (I’m the low voice, baby!) and I love the sound that comes out. I have a deep admiration for sopranos; I can never sound “angelic”:)

All the leading lady roles are sopranos. :P

But a contralto can sing all the leading tenors roles with some good makeup!

In pop music, are sopranos preferred? How about in rock music?

Wow, I like fluther! I asked this same question on another question board about a couple of years ago, but fluther generates more responses more quickly!

Contralto voices are sexy.

Here are some famous arias sung by leading ladies who have a mezzo-range (slightly lower than sopranos); the few contralto arias are usually in the roles of old ladies or witches, I am told.

MEZZO SOPRANO ARIAS:
1. BIZET: Carmen: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

2. GOUNOD: Cinq-Mars: Nuit résplendissante
This is from a long forgotten political opera by Gounod,

4. MOZART: Don Giovanni: Vedrai, carino

5. MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: È amore un londrocello

6. DONIZETTI: La Favorite: O mon Fernand

7. HÄNDEL: Alcina: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto

8. MEYERBEER: Les Huguenots: Non, vous n’avez jamais, je gage

9. GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice

10. MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete

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Don’t forget the part of Azucena in Il Trovatore and all the great roles that Frederica von Stade sings, such as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier and Hansel in Hansel und Gretel.

@gailcalled Witches, bitches, and britches is the saying.

I just know it’s better to be a Soprano than a Corleone

@avvooooooo: Lovely. That would include Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro. The part of the young male page is played by a woman; she appears as the boy and then disguises her (him?) self as a young woman.