Mezzo

JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Fred, right now, that same area that you were just talking about, the NOAA storm prediction center here has just issued what we call a mezzo scale discussion. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And now we just got what we call a mezzo scale discussion from the storm prediction center. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The mezzo was the New Zealander Wendy Dawn Thompson, with whom I once briefly corresponded in before-she-was-famous days. ❋ Imogen (2008)

News LAWRENCE | It's always exciting to observe a young artist such as mezzo-soprano Sasha ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instructors will include singers who enjoy international careers, such as mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop, baritone Gregory Rahming and mezzo-soprano ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another standout was Elizabeth DeShong, who brought a big, lustrous mezzo to Hermia. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2012)

Checking off the Baroque boxes, "The Enchanted Island" lurched from jolly, frothy coloratura for Ariel (soprano Danielle de Niese) to a revenge aria for Sycorax (mezzo Joyce DiDonato), and laments for Demetrius (tenor Paul Appleby) and Helena (soprano Layla Claire). ❋ Heidi Waleson (2012)

Still, it's a triumph for the ENO, with the principals being given luxurious support by Christine Rice's warm mezzo muse/schoolboy, Clive Bayley taking the four bass-baritone "villain" roles and the orchestra conducted with convincing briskness by Anthony Walker. ❋ Paul Levy (2012)

In the trouser role of Siébel, the boy who loves Marguerite, Michèle Losier displayed a sizeable, colorful mezzo voice with an impressive ring. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

The admirable Bernarda Fink is the soloist in the Nietzsche setting, though some may prefer more of a contralto sound than Fink's lightish mezzo; and for all the transparent beauty of the Concertgebouw's strings, the finale's hymn is never transcendent as it can be. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Both solo dramatic works are tailor-made for the superb mezzo, Alice Coote (who returns to D.C. for a Vocal Arts Society recital on Nov. 4). ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

I had heard mezzo-soprano Michelle de Young a few years ago in a concert performance of the second act of "Tristan." ❋ Howard Kissel (2011)

Mezzo Marie Lenormand was sweetly swaggering as the Fox, who woos and wins the Vixen; baritone Joshua Bloom was pure testosterone as Harašta; and mezzo Melissa Parks was imposing as the Forester's impatient wife and the Owl for which she wore a cagelike garment flecked with feathers. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

I had the pleasure of attending opening night of The Tales of Hoffmann on August 5, and three principals stood out, vocally and dramatically: mezzo Catherine McKay Martin as Niklausse, bass-baritone Craig Irvin who sang the four devils, and tenor Nathaniel Peake in the title role. ❋ Susan Dormady Eisenberg (2011)

This tour is in support of her recording-come-homage to 19th century mezzo Maria Malibran. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was very pretty with a substantial solo part for mezzo Erica Brookhyser and clearly meant a lot to everyone in the organization. ❋ Unknown (2009)