…why, you listen to the Queen of the Night aria from the Magic Flute, that’s what (and I’m not even an opera nut). I found this wonderful video by a lady analyzing three of the greatest coloratura sopranos and how they approached this aria: Edita Gruberova, Lucia Popp, and (may fave) Dianna Damrau… have fun, because these ladies can SING (and note, they don’t even have to swallow a microphone and scream into it to be heard):
