mezzo

Example Sentences

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This was Nézet-Séguin the extrovert, who deploys the orchestra in the opera house like an instrument of fate, keeping the baseline volume at mezzo forte.

From New York Times

If you talk to any mezzo, they will tell you it’s very hard to sing Cherubino, because it’s quite high — not super high notes, but sitting all the time in a high tessitura.

From New York Times

As one attendee confided in me after the show, “The mezzo was worth the price of admission.”

From Washington Post

That would have left room for any soloist, but Chen rarely dipped below mezzo forte in volume, his force evident in the many bow hairs he broke during the performance.

From New York Times

Though Foster can sing the required notes, she is really a belter, with a mezzo quality to her voice regardless of the pitch.

From New York Times