Vocal range
Maria Callas
Soprano · Opera · Classical · Greece · prominent since 1947
Cited range
F#3 — D#6
Octaves
2.8
Semitones
33
Voice type
Soprano
What is Maria Callas’s vocal range?
Maria Callas's vocal range is commonly cited as F#3 (Gb3) to D#6 (Eb6) — about 2.8 octaves, or 33 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.
Uneven but instantly identifiable across three registers; used chest weight and portamento as drama. That cited span is wider than 54% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Casta Diva
- High D#6 heard in
- Sempre libera
Reading the numbers
- Prominent from 1947, earlier than all but 12 voices in this library.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 33 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 27 semitones up there against 6 below.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Karen Clark Sheard (F3–D#6), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- 3 other voices here are cited to the same D#6 ceiling.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Maria Callas
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Same notes, other voices
Also topping out on D#6
3 other voices here reach the same ceiling.