0 a voice or musical part lower than soprano but higher than contralto, or a singer with this type of voice:
She's the country's leading mezzo-soprano.
The mezzo-soprano soloist begins with a descending major triad.
Both days share a first 'beginning' motive pitch-collection derived from the sustained choral chord and the two key areas tonicized by the mezzo-soprano soloist.
And the velvety texture of the mezzo-soprano, the gentle, chiming ostinati and scurrying strings: sensual not cerebral.
The pitch material for the mezzo-soprano part was defined based upon the functioning of the speech synthesis methods used.
The electroacoustic material consists mainly of synthesised vocal sounds and the pitches for the mezzo-soprano part were defined based upon the functioning of the speech synthesis methods used.
It tells a story through 13 words: bird, despondent, cake, dog, busy, convertible, goat, hat, haberdashery, scarlet, baby, panache, and mezzo-soprano.
They tease, ponder, reminisce, philosophize and invent parables, and she sings them in a plush, changeable mezzo-soprano that usually holds a kindly twinkle.
The third, authorized by the composer for performance as an independent work, also calls for two soloists, a baritone and a mezzo-soprano.
