mezzo

Mr. Costanzo, 44, is comfortable in the alto, mezzo and even the soprano registers, with rare beauty and presence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Other notable singers were mezzo Lindsay Ammann as Lili’s mother and bass Andrew Harris as the doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Iván Ayón-Rivas’s striking tenor made for an unusually acerbic Lensky; Ya-Chung Huang was a weirdly creepy Monsieur Triquet; Ms. Prall’s rich mezzo impressed as Filipyevna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

A strikingly potent Frida, Isabel Leonard used her velvety mezzo to find the drama of the artist’s remembered torment as well as the undulating sensuality of her love for painting and colors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

"Be a famous mezzo, of course," I say.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

“The Exterminating Angel,” also starring sopranos Amanda Echalaz and Sally Matthews, mezzos Alice Coote and Christine Rice, tenor Joseph Kaiser, countertenor Iestyn Davies and bass John Tomlinson, will be shown starting at 12:55 p.m.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

Heggie patterned the role to fit one of America’s favorite mezzos, Joyce DiDonato, who was said to have been terrific in Dallas. 

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2016

Though the role was written for soprano, it is often taken by mezzos, and Leonard matched her rich lower register with secure high notes.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2013

He particularly appreciated the company and character of mezzos and sopranos, just as he loved shooting and fishing and enjoying his Yorkshire estate.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2011

Instant visions of dazzling sopranos, of mezzos and contraltos, of angelic voices and of vast beauty and exquisite gowning, had flashed in appalling procession before her mental vision.

From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by James Montgomery Flagg