mezzo-soprano

Speech parts

1. mezzo-soprano - Noun

2. mezzo-soprano - Adjective

Meaning

Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.

A mezzo-soprano voice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

mezzo soprano

Synonyms

mezzo alto canary basso cantor bass croaker voice boom soprano treble baritone contrabass contralto croak
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

alto basso bass croaker boom soprano
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

soprano singing voice

Related terms

soprano

Examples

About this sound Play ( help · info ) Where the C-clef is placed on the second line of the stave, it is called the mezzo-soprano clef. Source: Internet

Lee was a conductor and teacher of singing; Bessie had a fine mezzo-soprano voice and was much influenced by Lee's unorthodox method of vocal production. Source: Internet

NEW YORK (AP) — Rosalind Elias, an American mezzo-soprano who created roles in a pair of Samuel Barber world premieres and made her Broadway debut at 81, has died. Source: Internet

We applaud them all, but must single out mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller's lustrous Erda and First Norn. Source: Internet

Seventeen singers will make their Glyndebourne debuts including German baritone Markus Brück, Austrian soprano Christina Gansch, American baritone John Chest, French mezzo-soprano Virginie Verrez and German mezzo-soprano Doris Soffel. Source: Internet

There are Glyndebourne debuts from American tenor AJ Glueckert as Bacchus, American mezzo-soprano Angela Brower as Composer and American soprano Erin Morley as Zerbinetta. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mezzo piano mezzo-relievo mezzo-rilievo mezzobrow mezzograph mezzolike