Whether singing Carmen or Cherubino, mezzo sopranos are the versatile stars of opera. But what makes a mezzo a mezzo? Canadian-Irish opera singer Wallis Giunta introduces her voice part... In its ...

The voice types of opera can be confusing, even for professional singers. For centuries, the European classical music tradition has classified different opera voices into seven main categories, ...

Episode Three focuses on the mezzo-soprano. The lowest female voice type, and the one closest to a woman’s natural speaking voice, the mezzo-soprano only rarely plays the name part. But when she does ...

Opera super stars like Lily Pons, Maria Callas, and Leontyne Price are almost always sopranos, not mezzo-sopranos, a voice range between the low alto and high soprano. Yet mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne ...

Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced the winners of the 10th Annual Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition, Mezzo-Soprano Edition. This is the 10th year of the event that celebrated the ...

Traditionally there was always something a bit second-best about the operatic mezzo-soprano. Cast as the hero’s other woman, the heroine’s maid or friend, the witch or the principal boy, she had to ...