mezzo
Americanadjective
noun
plural
mezzosadverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of mezzo
1805–15; < Italian < Latin medius middle
Example Sentences
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Most notably, Ms. Kaminsky portrays Alona’s anguish in her big revelation scene with a jagged vocal line that seems painfully extracted from her, with the cello echoing Timothi Williams’s vibrant mezzo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
As the Choreographer, Megan Moore’s plangent mezzo was especially effective in her mourning aria; soprano Whitney Morrison was dramatic as the Performance Artist, the only member of the creative quintet who sees what is coming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
O’Connor, a multi-octave mezzo soprano of extraordinary emotional range who was recognizable by her shaved head, began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
Alice Coote gave an intense performance, more in-the-moment than grandly stylized, her nervy mezzo taking on the growl of a woman whose ox-like strength only prolonged her agony.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
"Be a famous mezzo, of course," I say.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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