contralto
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The cliché applied to contralto voices is “plummy” and Heynis offers its reverse, a sort of lean, emotional essentialism in a deep and beautiful voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Taking her cues from the likes of Elvis Presley and Eartha Kitt, she began training her famous contralto.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the pioneering Black American contralto, a rare case of an artist’s name replacing a corporation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Tina Turner's husky contralto and raunchy stage presence made her one of the best-known singers of her generation.
From BBC ● May 24, 2023
Her head cocked to one side, her eyes fixed on Mr. Robert Smith, she sang in a powerful contralto: O Sugarman done fly away Sugarman done gone Sugarman cut across the sky Sugarman gone home.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Stutzmann, who for three decades was among the world’s leading contraltos before she turned fully to conducting, said during an interview the next day.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Ms. Amereau is herself something of a welcome throwback at a time when countertenors have all but displaced contraltos in early music.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2017
Her voice was not as powerful as that of some of the other famous Italian contraltos and mezzos, but it was immediately recognisable.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010
Mezzos and contraltos rarely get leading roles; besides, the legend of Marion Talley had been too recently deflated.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was easier for Chester to play the ones written for tenors than the ones for sopranos, contraltos, and basses, but he did them all beautifully.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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