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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 ...
Songs of Light and Love (1998) soprano and chamber ensemble; text by May Sarton. Love After 1950 (2000) five movements mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rita Dove, Julie Kane, Kathryn Daniels, Liz Lochhead, and Muriel Rukeyser. My Antonia (2000) high voice and piano; text by Willa Cather. Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII ...
The album made her the fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date [1] she became the first British classical crossover artist to have two number one albums in the same year. [2] Her second album, Second Nature , reached number 16 in the UK later on in 2004.
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]
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 ...
Deborah Humble (born August 4, 1969) is a Welsh born Australian dramatic mezzo-soprano noted for her operatic roles and performances on the world’s concert stages. [1] A principal artist with Opera Australia and the Staatsoper Hamburg, Humble was a recipient of the Dame Joan Sutherland Award in 2004 and a finalist in the International Wagner Competition in 2008.
Eleven Songs for Susan (2007), for mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra; Three Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (2007), for voice & piano; Songs Old and New (2008), for soprano & orchestra; Four Sonnets of Shakespeare (2008), for tenor & piano; Sonnet 144 (Two Loves I Have) (2010), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, & piano
Italian operatic mezzo-soprano Kingdom of Italy: 1821 1896 Genoa: Milan: Q459652: Mathilde Marchesi: German mezzo-soprano and singing teacher Kingdom of Prussia: 1821-03-24 1826-03-28 1913-11-17 1913-06-18 1913-11-18 Frankfurt: London: Q437075: Pauline Viardot: French mezzo-soprano and composer France: 1821-07-18 1910-05-18 Paris: 7th ...