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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).
Belting (or vocal belting) is a specific technique of singing by which a singer carries their chest voice above their break or passaggio with a proportion of head voice. Belting is sometimes described as "high chest voice" or "mixed voice" (not to be confused with the mixing technique), although if this is done incorrectly, it can potentially ...
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.
She took part in a 2017 recital with songs for voice, viola and piano in the Sendesaal of the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt, singing the two songs by Johannes Brahms and rarely performed works by Adolf Busch and Siegmund von Hausegger. [8] Murrihy was awarded the Anny Schlemm Prize for young female singers in 2011. [3] [9]
Katherine Jenkins OBE (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh singer. She is a mezzo-soprano and performs operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre, and hymns. [1] [2] [3]After winning singing competitions in her youth, Jenkins studied at the Royal Academy of Music, modelled, and taught voice lessons.
Swedish opera singer and singing teacher (1819–1879) Sweden: 1819-03-12 1879-08-27 Gothenburg: Bad Harzburg: Q456028: Élise Masson: French lyric singer 1820 1867 Paris: Q59291635: Luigia Abbadia: Italian operatic mezzo-soprano Kingdom of Italy: 1821 1896 Genoa: Milan: Q459652: Mathilde Marchesi: German mezzo-soprano and singing teacher ...
Clarissa Ocampo was born in the Philippines to a concert pianist mother and an obstetrician father who sang opera as a hobby. She graduated from high school in 1986, and planned to attend college in the United States until the People Power Revolution against the Marcos regime took place.
She maintains her links with Ireland and was a patron of the Young Associate Artists Programme of Dublin's Opera Theatre Company. [citation needed] In September 2010, she was appointed professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London, [4] where she was previously (since 1999) an honorary fellow. [5]