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mezzo-soprano
[ met-soh-suh-pran-oh, -prah-noh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]
noun
- a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- a person having such a voice.
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable to a mezzo-soprano.
mezzo-soprano
noun
- 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
- a singer with such a voice
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mezzo-soprano1
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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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