Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A voice having a range between soprano and contralto.
- noun A vocal part calling for a voice having such a range.
- noun A woman having a mezzo-soprano voice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mus.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.
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- noun A
voice or voice partintermediate incompass betweensoprano andcontralto - noun A person having such a voice
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
- noun the female singing voice between contralto and soprano
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lamenting the temperature in the stuffy hall at one point, she confided to the audience, "I'm sweating my bazooms off" - then, in response to the general surprise, helpfully explained, "That's what you call a mezzo-soprano's breasts."
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Chronicle jkosman@sfchronicle.com (Joshua Kosman 2011
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In her prime, nobody could touch Whitney Houston's towering gospelized mezzo-soprano.
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As Dinah, mezzo-soprano Patricia Risley provides a vivid presence (appearing as a ghost except for the flashbacks), though her voice occasionally has trouble cutting through the orchestra.
'A Quiet Place,''Intermezzo' Show NYC Opera At Its Best AP 2010
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It happened at the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's recital at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Tuesday night, more than once.
DiDonato keeps everything in the moment at recital Anne Midgette 2011
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Sasha Cooke, a mezzo-soprano who starred as Kitty Oppenheimer in the Metropolitan Opera's "Doctor Atomic," will be accompanied by classical guitarist Jason Vieaux.
The best of the free, from the Going Out Gurus Going Out Guide 2010
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That, says the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, is what she heard after singing in a British vocal competition when she was just starting out in 1997.
Opera singer Joyce DiDonato talks about her all-American work ethic Anne Midgette 2011
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The second historic recital took place in February 1962, when mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry became the first African American opera singer to perform at the White House.
50 years later, a Kennedy legacy of music and dance Jacqueline Trescott 2011
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Major players were involved in the production, and Sidlin drew strong, committed performances from the Washington National Opera Orchestra, the City Choir of Washington, the Catholic University of America Chorus and four soloists, including the angel-voiced mezzo-soprano Janet Hopkins.
'Defiant Requiem' powerfully inspirits a haunting past Stephen Brookes 2010
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On Feb. 1, an equally celebrated African American mezzo-soprano, Denyce Graves, will sing selections from Bumbry's 1962 performance.
50 years later, a Kennedy legacy of music and dance Jacqueline Trescott 2011
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Sasha Cooke, a mezzo-soprano who starred as Kitty Oppenheimer in the Metropolitan Opera's "Doctor Atomic," will be accompanied by classical guitarist Jason Vieaux.
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