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mezzo

[met-soh, med-zoh, mez-oh] / ˈmɛt soʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ, ˈmɛz oʊ /




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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

I was mezzo mezzo on a trade for Karl-Anthony Towns and I was whatever Italians say that’s less than mezzo mezzo about the giant trade for Mikal Bridges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The Waitress’s agony is ever-present—in mezzo Joyce DiDonato’s blistering performance it manifests as rage, searing the others as she confronts them one by one.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

As truth-telling victims, mezzo Michelle Mariposa was staunch and gentle as Rebecca Nurse while Nicholas Huff brought a vigorous, exciting tenor to Giles Corey.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

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

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

“Even if most of her career was centered in Europe, she was certainly regarded by Met audiences as one of the greatest mezzos of the second half of the 20th century.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2021

“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

Among the well-cast lesser roles, the soprano Micaëla Oeste and the mezzos Brenda Patterson and Cynthia Hanna stood out as Diemut’s gossipy girlfriends.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2013

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




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