 The light lyric soprano has a bigger voice than a soubrette but still possesses a youthful quality.The full lyric soprano has a more mature sound than a light-lyric soprano and can be heard over a bigger orchestra.Also lirico-spinto, Italian for "pushed lyric", the spinto soprano has the brightness and height of a lyric soprano, but can be "pushed" to dramatic climaxes without strain, and may have a somewhat darker timbre.