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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beverly Wolff (November 6, 1928 – August 14, 2005) was an American mezzo-soprano who had an active career in concerts and operas from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. She performed a broad repertoire which encompassed operatic and concert works in many languages and from a variety of musical periods.
mezzo-soprano: 11 November 1950: 22 October 1983: Batyah Godfrey Ben-David: 595: mezzo-soprano: 17 February 1969: 16 April 1988: Morley Meredith: 593: baritone: 3 January 1962: 18 April 1992: Rosina Galli: 593: dancer: 19 November 1914: 18 February 1935: James Wolfe: 592: bass: 7 November 1923: 23 December 1939: Jane Shaulis: 567: mezzo-soprano ...
According to the book Opera, "She [Cossotto] and Giulietta Simionato were the leading Italian mezzo-sopranos of the 1960s and 1970s. She [Cossotto] won plaudits in the annals of operatic history for her wonderful vocal timbre, her perfect singing technique, and the ease with which she could master different registers.
Operatic mezzo-sopranos are women who sing mezzo-soprano roles in operas for opera companies in opera houses. Subcategories. This category has the following 14 ...
also: Music: Genres: Opera: Singers: By voice type: Mezzo-sopranos Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mezzo-sopranos . The main article for this category is Mezzo-soprano .