mezzo-soprano adj.
女中音(部)
n.
女中音, 女中音歌唱者
mezzo-soprano[ noun ]- a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
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- the female singing voice between contralto and soprano
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Mezzo-soprano \Mez"zo-so*pra"no\, a. (Mus.)
Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; --
said of the voice of a female singer. -- n.
(a) A mezzo-soprano voice.
(b) A person having such a voice.
- Sandra Walker of Richmond, as her sister Olga, has a mezzo-soprano so rich she sounds more matronly than girlish, but yet it's a beautiful voice.
- Hampson's baritone is attractive and sounds easily produced. Miss Troyanos' mezzo-soprano is confident and she displayed a comic touch, getting laughs where some mezzos don't but maybe going too far in lurching around the stage with a butterfly net.
- Singing is drudgery and the more popular one gets, the harder it is to continue, says mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.
- It sounds like a cross between a female mezzo-soprano and words coming through a hollow reed.
- American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry lost her valiant battle to sing the title role in "Aida" before Prince Charles and Princess Diana, defeated by hay fever and tonsillitis.
- Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, the 140-member orchestra will be joined by mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, violist Nobuko Imai, and 40 members of the Harvard Glee Club.
- American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne got a warm reception at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, singing one of her best roles there for the first time.