DEVELOPING VOCAL AGILITY OF LIGHT LYRIC COLORATURA SOPRANO VOICES THROUGH THE NEGLECTED REPERTOIRE OF FRENCH OPÉRA COMIQUE By Valentine Baron Bachelor of Music - Musicology Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 2012 Master of Music - Musicology Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 2014 Master of Music - Vocal Performance and Pedagogy New York University 2016 A doctoral project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance School of Music College of Fine Arts The Graduate College University of Nevada, Las Vegas May 2022