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UK
/mˈɛzəʊ/
]
[ US /ˈmɛzoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛzoʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
- the female singing voice between contralto and soprano
How To Use mezzo In A Sentence
- Cult mezzo Magdalena Kozena and silvery soprano Carolyn Sampson sound gorgeous, but are on the cool side as Paris and Cupid respectively.
- Opera is music, drama, literature, dance, theater and art as a comprehensive integration of art, usually by the Aria, Recitative, ensemble, chorus, Overture, Intermezzo , dances and other components.
- On this occasion the always quoteworthy mezzotintist, James Huneker, wrote: Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and
- The competitors will be judged by a stellar panel made up of mezzo-sopranos Teresa Berganza and Marilyn Horne, soprano Grace Bumbry, tenor Jon Vickers, basses Cesare Siepi and Joseph Rouleau and musicologist Gilles Cantagrel.
- ‘All You Need is Wood’ ended with an unexpected mezzo-relievo.
- The American mezzo has devised an enterprising programme for her solo debut. Times, Sunday Times
- It discusses not only these and other panels, but also the artist's productions in the recently developed medium of mezzotint.
- Although Kelley O'Connor lists herself as a mezzo-soprano, she has a rich, incredibly deep voice that is quite unusual.
- She negotiates the most incredibly florid passages with imperious authority, and she sings with the passion that other mezzos reserve for Amneris or Eboli.
- This summer she returns to her mezzo roots to play Carmen, a role that brings her career full circle.