mezzo-soprano

mezzo-soprano Definition

mezzo-soprano (---sə pran′ō, ---prä′nō)

noun pl. -·nos or -·ni---pran′ē, ---prä′nē

Etymology: It: see mezzo & soprano

adjective

of, for, or having the range of a mezzo-soprano

mezzo-soprano Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

great: Mark is also working with the great mezzo-soprano, Sally Burgess, with whom he has toured and recorded.
Hungarian: The opening concert of the Series is a program built around the extraordinary talents of the Hungarian mezzo-soprano Katalin Károlyi.
acclaimed: Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Anne Mason and soprano Sarah Rhodes will portray Scotland's doomed queen and her royal rival, Elizabeth I respectively.

Modifies a noun

voice: If we say we need a fluent Punjabi speaker with an excellent mezzo-soprano voice, we mean it.
soloist: In November 2003 she was the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall under David Willcocks.

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