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mezzo-soprano

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

noun

, plural mez·zo-so·pran·os, mez·zo-so·pran·i [met, -soh-s, uh, -, pran, -ee, -, prah, -nee, med, -zoh-, mez, -oh-].
  1. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
  2. a person having such a voice.


adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable to a mezzo-soprano.

mezzo-soprano

noun

  1. 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
  2. a singer with such a voice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


mezzo soprano

  1. A range of the female singing voice lower than soprano and higher than alto .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mezzo-soprano1

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1745–55
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Example Sentences

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.

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