What are the vocal ranges of these classical singers?

What do opera singers and other classically trained vocalists think of the vocal ranges of pop/rock stars?

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  Depends on how they define range. Range really only means one thing: it is the summation of the highest note one can squeak out, and the lowest note one can growl out, and all the notes in between those two tones. If you can make a sound for the tone, then that's part of your range. The above does NOT mean it sounds good, or that the tone is produced in a healthy manner, or that it is a reliable tone for performing. All it means is that you can make some kind of noise when you try to sing that tone. And, having heard some of these people sing, I'll bet that "range" means only that they are able to produce a sound-not that the sound is necessarily of a good quality or fullness or resonance to it. Steven Tyler is a good example of a having a certain range, but having a suspect vocal quality, to put it charitably. Classically trained singers endeavor to train their voices so that every tone in their range has a consistent, full, resonant quality-and they choose music that reflects the strongest fullest part of their range. That is why you typically will see opera/classical singers stick to music in the same vocal classification-that music requires not only that the singer have the range, but the tone, strength and coloring that the music requires as well. A soprano isn't a soprano in opera-there are different types of sopranos, and not all of them sing the exact same music. There are sopranos that can sing down into mezzo/alto territory (I'm one of those) with the tone quality needed to be considered a legitimate performance.  But that does not mean that I should always sing mezzo material, or that I would be cast in a role that requires a mezzo-my voice quality and strength in the lower range is not the same as a true mezzo.