mezzo-soprano

[ met-soh-suh-pran-oh, -prah-noh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural mez·zo-so·pran·os, mez·zo-so·pran·i [met, -soh-s, uh, -, pran, -ee, -, prah, -nee, med, -zoh-, mez, -oh-].

mezzo-soprano

a female voice intermediate between a soprano and contralto and having a range from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above it Sometimes shortened tomezzo
a singer with such a voice

mezzo soprano

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1745–55

Before taking on the role, Racette talked it over with her wife, mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton.

He married in 1863 the mezzo soprano singer, Amalie Weiss, who died in 1899.

A divinely sweet mezzo-soprano voice was singing to the accompaniment of a harp.

My voice was a rather sweet mezzo soprano, and I had been well taught.

Him say she has one voice di primo cartello, a very fine beautiful mezzo-soprano, very much maravigliosa.

She had a gay, handsome face, a winning mezzo-soprano voice, and neat execution.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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