contralto
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Last summer in an outdoor performance of Carmen at Chicago's Soldier Field, vigorous Kiepura acted so hard in the third act quarrel scene that he knocked handsome Contralto Gladys Swarthout cold.
From Time Magazine Archive
But people who heard the performance over the radio were fortunate not to see the plush picture-book queen that Contralto Karin Branzell made out of Klytemnestra, supposedly half-crazed by the sense of her guilt.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the time Contralto Marian Anderson first realized that she had a remarkable voice, she wanted to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the part of the servant Abra, the ease and accuracy of Soprano Ameling's clear shining passage-work�as in the the aria "Armatae face"�complements the noble style of Contralto Finnil�'s Judith.
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For these thou art, thou dearest charm of each, O fair Contralto, double-throated dove!
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Lee, Agnes
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