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Mezzo vs Soprano - What's the difference?

mezzo | soprano |

As nouns the difference between mezzo and soprano

is that mezzo is mezzo-soprano while soprano is musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.

mezzo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) mezzo-soprano
  • * {{quote-news, 1983, January 2, John Rockwell, New Opera May Have a Future After All, The New York Times
    • , passage= Emily Golden, a mezzo who was adept in an especially (SIC) wide range of roles; }} ----

    soprano

    English

    Noun

  • Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.
  • Person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
  • *{{quote-book, year=2008, author=(Denis Norden), title=Chips from a Life, chapter=8, isbn=978-0-00-727796-4
    • , passage=I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos .}}

    Synonyms

    * (person) sopranist

    Coordinate terms

    * (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)

    Derived terms

    * lyric soprano * mezzo-soprano * sing soprano * sopranino * sopranist * spinto soprano

    See also

    * ("soprano" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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