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The mezzo-soprano is the middle female voice and the most common of the female singing voices, which tends to dominate in non-classical music, with vocal range that typically lies between the A below "middle C" (C 4) to the A two octaves above (i.e. A 3 –A 5).
A mezzo-soprano (Italian: [ˌmɛddzosoˈpraːno], lit. ' half soprano '), or mezzo (English: / ˈ m ɛ t s oʊ / MET-soh), is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e.
Including the voice, now all the parts are very different from each other and have strongly contrasting timbres, e.g., the pointillistic harpsichord with the smoother mezzo-soprano. Originally, Ferneyhough intended all the songs to be set to poems by the German poet Ernst Meister. However, he could not find enough suitable poems on death and ...
These basic types are soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto for women, and tenor, baritone, and bass for men. [6] Within choral music the system is collapsed into only four categories for adult singers: soprano and alto for women, and tenor and bass for men. [7]
[2] Locke highlighted Augestad's recording of Hate Songs as one of the "best opera and vocal music" works in that year. [3] Albrecht Thiemann, editor of Opernwelt, called the work "a captivatingly orchestrated, spirit-sparkling opus" and "a coup that provides an immense listening pleasure. With this work, Paus highlights a woman hardly known in ...
It was performed and live recorded at the Gasteig in Munich by Martina Koppelstetter and the composer on 11 April 2010, in a composer's portrait concert, along with chamber music, early songs and the premiere of the setting of the poem Im Gebirg (On the Mountains) by Hans Krieger, scored for mezzo-soprano, alto flute and piano. [2]
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 ...
Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra: Metastasio, Artaserse II,11: 1766, or Count Firmian's audition party, Milan, 12 March 1770 deest KV 9 646 "Cara, se le mie pene" (Score/Crit. report) Aria for soprano and orchestra: unknown: 1769 82: 73o "Se ardire, e speranza" (Score/Crit. report) Aria for soprano and orchestra: Metastasio ...