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Type Words
Synonyms mezzo-soprano
Type of soprano
Type Words
Synonyms mezzo-soprano
Type of singing voice

Examples of mezzo

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A coloratura mezzo-soprano has a warm lower register and an agile high register.
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The one disappointment was mezzo-soprano Jane Dutton, who made a pallid Kundry.
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The lively mezzo-soprano Marie Lenormand was impishly right as the page Urbain.
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She challenges her range, and coaxes complexity from her honeyed mezzo-soprano.
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There is an intermediate articulation called either mezzo staccato or non-legato.
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Similarly, mezzo-soprano as a distinct voice type was a 19th century development.
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Also on the schedule is a Dec. 3 tribute to mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade.
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The mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, an inspired choice as Marguerite, sounds terrific.
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Magdalena Kozena, the mezzo-soprano, sings as if her voice were an instrument.
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  • Mezzo-soprano: a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
  • Mezzo is the desktop environment created by Ryan Quinn. Added to Symphony OS, it follows Jason Spisak's Laws of Interface Design and poses a new way of presenting data to the user. Mezzo uses FVWM as the window manager.
  • Half; used in combinations like mezzo forte (mf), meaning moderately loud
  • Classical terminology for moderately/medium.
  • The term Mezzo can only be used for wines made in Santorini since it is a term traditionally used on the island of Santorini. The wines are made in the same way as Vinsanto wines but are not as sweet.
  • Is a French television channel devoted to classical music (including opera and ballet), jazz and world music. It was formed in 1992 and was called France Supervision until 1998.
  • Literally 'half', but mezzo piano means moderately soft
  • (or slurred) - sustain the sound 3/4 value, rest for 1/4 value. Mezzo staccato is sometimes indicated in words, or can be shown by either a tenuto above a staccato mark, or a slur that encompasses a phrase of staccato notes. (Tenuto means to hold. ...
  • The medium female voice type