mezzo-soprano

• “Lamenting the temperature in the stuffy hall at one point, she confided to the audience, "I'm sweating my bazooms off" - then, in response to the general surprise, helpfully explained, "That's what you call a mezzo-soprano's breasts.”

  SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter

• “The second historic recital took place in February 1962, when mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry became the first African American opera singer to perform at the White House.”

  The Washington Post: 50 years later, a Kennedy legacy of music and dance

• “On Feb. 1, an equally celebrated African American mezzo-soprano, Denyce Graves, will sing selections from Bumbry's 1962 performance.”

  The Washington Post: 50 years later, a Kennedy legacy of music and dance

• “That, says the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, is what she heard after singing in a British vocal competition when she was just starting out in 1997.”

  The Washington Post: Opera singer Joyce DiDonato talks about her all-American work ethic

• “In her prime, nobody could touch Whitney Houston's towering gospelized mezzo-soprano.”

  On tour, Whitney Houston is hitting some sour notes

• “Major players were involved in the production, and Sidlin drew strong, committed performances from the Washington National Opera Orchestra, the City Choir of Washington, the Catholic University of America Chorus and four soloists, including the angel-voiced mezzo-soprano Janet Hopkins.”

  The Washington Post: 'Defiant Requiem' powerfully inspirits a haunting past

• “Sasha Cooke, a mezzo-soprano who starred as Kitty Oppenheimer in the Metropolitan Opera's "Doctor Atomic," will be accompanied by classical guitarist Jason Vieaux.”

  The Washington Post: The best of the free, from the Going Out Gurus

• “As Dinah, mezzo-soprano Patricia Risley provides a vivid presence (appearing as a ghost except for the flashbacks), though her voice occasionally has trouble cutting through the orchestra.”

  The Huffington Post: 'A Quiet Place,''Intermezzo' Show NYC Opera At Its Best

• “It happened at the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's recital at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Tuesday night, more than once.”

  The Washington Post: DiDonato keeps everything in the moment at recital

• “Lovely mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch does a splendid, intensely affecting star turn as the distraught Valkyrie Waltraute—a role that might be too big for her voice.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Falling Into Wagner's Burning Ring of Fire

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