Danielpour composed Elegies for orchestra, mezzo soprano, and baritone in memory of von Stade's father, Charles von Stade, who was killed late in World War II, two months before von Stade's birth.

Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano.

Soprano Upon my pillow Safe in bed EW That's Georgie from England. She's only nine.

And it was this young woman who had posted a fan video to me, singing the soprano line to a piece of mine called Sleep.

The human voice mysterious, spontaneous, primal. With these words, soprano Claron McFadden invites us to explore the mysteries of breathing and singing, as she performs the challenging Aria, by John Cage.

Can opera be ever so slightly sexy? The glorious soprano Danielle de Niese shows how, singing the flirty Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss. Which, translated, means, as you might guess I kiss so hot. From Giuditta by Frans Lehár accompanist Ingrid Surgenor.

And I had this idea if I could get 50 people to all do this same thing, sing their parts soprano, alto, tenor and bass wherever they were in the world, post their videos to YouTube, we could cut it all together and create a virtual choir.

You'll never sing again, said her doctor. But in a story from the very edge of medical possibility, operatic soprano Charity Tillemann Dick tells a double story of survival of her body, from a double lung transplant, and of her spirit, fueled by an unwavering will to sing. A powerful story from TEDMED 2010.