mezzo

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

The title notwithstanding, this is Dejanira’s story, and mezzo Ann Hallenberg had the attitude but ultimately not enough vocal heft to fully express her fury and despair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

That might have been the end of it, as she was soon hired by the Light Opera of Manhattan as a mezzo soprano.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

O’Connor, a multi-octave mezzo soprano of extraordinary emotional range who was recognizable by her shaved head, began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

"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

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

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

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 Flagg, James Montgomery