Effectively this is in response to the previous post
First, the gratuitious link - From a CD I acquired in Poundland for the obvious value of 100 new pence.

And as if to prove your point that 'outside of the classical sphere, there are relatively few places for a soprano to show off her high notes', I am actually struggling to find a contemporary piece in my collection that contains a note that any remotely trained soprano would consider at all challengingly high.

And so far all I've found that could possibly count - Anjeza Shahini's Image Of You (Albania, 2004) and Delta Goodrem's Born To Try. And why do I even have those songs?

All this is simply making me interested in finding a female singer or two - preferably two, including one and only one soprano - to collaborate with and write for next academic year...

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Tangentially - is it just me who thinks the song playing now might work as a piano-led ballad perhaps with strings?