mezzo
Americanadjective
noun
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mezzos
plural
adverb
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mezzo
1805–15; < Italian < Latin medius middle
Example Sentences
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Iván Ayón-Rivas’s striking tenor made for an unusually acerbic Lensky; Ya-Chung Huang was a weirdly creepy Monsieur Triquet; Ms. Prall’s rich mezzo impressed as Filipyevna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Here, mezzo Simona Genga displayed an impressively large, imperfectly controlled instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
I was mezzo mezzo on a trade for Karl-Anthony Towns and I was whatever Italians say that’s less than mezzo mezzo about the giant trade for Mikal Bridges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The title notwithstanding, this is Dejanira’s story, and mezzo Ann Hallenberg had the attitude but ultimately not enough vocal heft to fully express her fury and despair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
"Be a famous mezzo, of course," I say.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
“Even if most of her career was centered in Europe, she was certainly regarded by Met audiences as one of the greatest mezzos of the second half of the 20th century.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2021
“The Exterminating Angel,” also starring sopranos Amanda Echalaz and Sally Matthews, mezzos Alice Coote and Christine Rice, tenor Joseph Kaiser, countertenor Iestyn Davies and bass John Tomlinson, will be shown starting at 12:55 p.m.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2017
Heggie patterned the role to fit one of America’s favorite mezzos, Joyce DiDonato, who was said to have been terrific in Dallas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2016
But even if mezzos traditionally receive less attention than sopranos or tenors, Ms. Barton has as good a chance at greatness as anyone.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
Instant visions of dazzling sopranos, of mezzos and contraltos, of angelic voices and of vast beauty and exquisite gowning, had flashed in appalling procession before her mental vision.
From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by James Montgomery Flagg
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