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The mezzo-soprano voice (unlike the soprano voice) is strong in the middle register and weaker in the head register, resulting in a deeper tone than the soprano voice. [2] The term mezzo-soprano was developed in relation to classical and operatic voices, where the classification is based not merely on the singer's vocal range but also on the ...
The range of the dramatic mezzo-soprano is from approximately the F below middle C (F 3, 175 Hz) to the G two octaves above middle C (G 5, 784 Hz). [1] The dramatic mezzo-soprano can sing over an orchestra and chorus with ease and was often used in the 19th century opera, to portray older women, mothers, witches and evil characters.
French mezzo-soprano singer active in operetta France: 1888-03-31 1958-09-04 8th arrondissement of Paris: Château-Landon: Q107344134: Ingeborg Steffensen: Danish opera singer and singer (1888–1964) Kingdom of Denmark: 1888-06-04 1964-01-07 Copenhagen: Copenhagen: Q1662936: Marie-Anne Asselin: Canadian mezzo-soprano Canada: 1888-09-05 1971 ...
mezzo-soprano: 11 November 1950: 22 October 1983: Batyah Godfrey Ben-David: 595: mezzo-soprano: 17 February 1969: 16 April 1988: Morley Meredith: 593: baritone: 3 January 1962: 18 April 1992: Rosina Galli: 593: dancer: 19 November 1914: 18 February 1935: James Wolfe: 592: bass: 7 November 1923: 23 December 1939: Jane Shaulis: 567: mezzo-soprano ...
Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. Early life. Graves was born on March 7, 1964, ...
Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. [1]Baker is particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten.
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈbartoli]; born 4 June 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano widely known in the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi and for lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She has also sung soprano and alto repertory. Bartoli is considered a singer with an unusual timbre ...
B. Audrey Babcock; Rose Bampton; Jamie Barton (singer) Janna Baty; Rose Beaudet; Margarethe Bence; Cathy Berberian; Frances Bible; Elizabeth Bishop (mezzo-soprano)