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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano (meaning "medium soprano" in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that of a soprano and that of an alto. A castrato with a mezzo-soprano voice was called a mezzo-soprano castrato.

Famous mezzo-sopranos

• Janet Baker
• Agnes Baltsa
• Fedora Barbieri
• Cecilia Bartoli
• Teresa Berganza
• Olga Borodina
• Annette Daniels
• Barbara Dever
• Brigitte Fassbaender
• Denyce Graves
• Monica Groop
• Marilyn Horne
• Christa Ludwig
• Anne Sophie von Otter
• Regina Resnik
• Giulietta Simionato
• Frederica von Stade
• Salli Terri
• Tatiana Troyanos
• Carolyn Watkinson

See also

• music terminology
• soprano
• alto
• countertenor
• tenor
• bass
• baritone
• bass-baritone
• timbre
• castrato

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