How to Use mezzo-soprano in a Sentence

mezzo-soprano

noun
  • Stacy was also an expert on the oboe d’amore, a Baroque-era instrument with a mezzo-soprano range.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • This nostalgic song is in the mezzo-soprano range and has slow, approachable tempos, Light said.
    — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • When the piano stopped, a mezzo-soprano singing the part of a patient named Miriam reminded the cast to lock the wheelchairs.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • No stranger to full-scale operatic productions, the mezzo-soprano prefers the more intimate genre.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • Singing on this occasion were Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) and David Daniels (countertenor).
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Miss Williams, a mezzo-soprano, will be at Hutchinson High School to talk to students, answer questions and sing.
    — Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • One of Lipa’s most significant attributes is the husky tone of her mezzo-soprano, lending a gritty roughness to her songs’ pop polish.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The title track, a meditative song that highlights her mezzo-soprano voice, is from a story about her father, who died in 2007.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The singer has been baiting audiences for years with fleeting samples of her figuratively unsung mezzo-soprano.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In her film debut, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard plays Chloe, the in-demand lead of Steven’s new production.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Marilyn Horne, the great mezzo-soprano, had a deal with her accompanist, Martin Katz.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Were music routinely paired with book jackets, this one would sound like a single note held by a mezzo-soprano; if the vocalist dared pause to catch a breath, the hidden world of this young man could shatter in our hands.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The song cycle, based on Thomas’ own experience, co-stars mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel.
    — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • Her mother is Brazilian mezzo-soprano Maria-Helena de Oliveira.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2024
  • In the supporting role of the matriarchal cookhouse keeper Maria was Denyce Graves, the legendary mezzo-soprano opera star.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
  • Bluebeard’s, a one-act opera, will feature Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and British baritone Mark Stone.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Hosting the event will be Juilliard visiting faculty member, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves.
    — Jane Levere, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The great Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will perform.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In that production, the mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sang Mélisande with a weighty lower range and a mixture of chilliness and seeping passion.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • On Friday, Runnicles led a performance of soft edges, creating a glorious ocean of sound that mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts rode with ease.
    — Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And mezzo-soprano Lisa Marie Rogali will sing the trouser role (meaning a woman singer playing the role of an adolescent boy) of Cherubino.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The mezzo-soprano joined the band in 1972, after marrying keyboardist Keith Godchaux.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Singing the part with sprightly energy and piercing high notes, the mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, in her Met debut, was joined by a small troupe of prancing dancers in rabbit masks with long, pointy ears.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Their sound does too — Silvers’ mezzo-soprano voice has already been compared to that of Mitchell, and her plainspoken lyricism has a certain Dylan-esque quality to it.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Angelica comes with a complex emotional arc and show-stopping numbers, requiring the mezzo-soprano to belt for her life during the big moments and deliver dynamic rap verses in upbeat group cuts.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Another great mezzo-soprano, Christa Ludwig, told me about recording Norma with Callas in 1960.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The pianist had performed that night with mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli in Monaco and spoke minutes after receiving a post-concert massage.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges sang with oracular authority in the somber vocal lines, rising to flashes of intensity.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In what’s essentially a cameo, the eminent mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe has a ball with the hard-swinging, gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Samantha Hankey applied a startlingly lush, lustrous mezzo-soprano to the role of Mélisande, rescuing the character from the prison of Symbolist enigma.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023

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