Vocal range
Cesária Évora
Contralto · Folk · Jazz · Cape Verde · prominent since 1988
Cited range
D3 — A#4
Octaves
1.7
Semitones
20
Voice type
Contralto
What is Cesária Évora’s vocal range?
Cesária Évora's vocal range is commonly cited as D3 to A#4 (Bb4) — about 1.7 octaves, or 20 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto.
Smoky low contralto sung softly close to the mic; conversational, unhurried, vibrato minimal. That cited span is wider than 2% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Sodade
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a contralto — no other contralto here stops lower.
- Only 2 of the 30 contraltos here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 12 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 242nd lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 321st highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Cesária Évora
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on D3
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#4
7 other voices here reach the same ceiling.