Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano (meaning "half soprano" in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e. A3-A5, middle C = C4). Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or richer) vocal tone than sopranos, and their voice type sits between the soprano and the contralto. The terms Dugazon and Galli-Marié are sometimes used to refer to light mezzo-sopranos, after the names of famous singers. A castrato with a mezzo-soprano range was called a mezzo-soprano castrato.

Famous mezzo-sopranos

Classical music

• Janet Baker
• Agnes Baltsa
• Fedora Barbieri
• Cecilia Bartoli
• Teresa Berganza
• Olga Borodina
• Fiorenza Cossotto
• Grace Bumbry
• Annette Daniels
• Barbara Dever
• Brigitte Fassbaender
• Maria Gay
• Rita Gorr
• Denyce Graves
• Monica Groop
• Marilyn Horne
• Magdalena Ko?ená
• Marjana Lipov?ek
• Christa Ludwig
• Carla Maffioletti
• Anne-Sofie von Otter
• Regina Resnik
• Rinat Shaham
• Giulietta Simionato
• Frederica von Stade
• Conchita Supervia
• Salli Terri
• Tatiana Troyanos
• Jard van Nes
• Shirley Verrett
• Carolyn Watkinson

Popular and crossover music

NOTE: In most cases, it is not possible to find a reputable source for the vocal range of pop singers. It seems most names were listed here on an empirical basis. It must be noted that in the pop world, the vocal range of a singer is often artificially enhanced.

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• Cindy Birdsong
• Carol Burnett
• Karen Carpenter
• Natalie Cole
• Deborah Cox
• Dido
• Roberta Flack
• Aretha Franklin
• Judy Garland
• Debbie Gravitte
• Whitney Houston
• Lauryn Hill
• Janet Jackson
• Katherine Jenkins
• Cindy Lauper
• Lynda Laurence
• Patti LuPone
• Madonna
• Idina Menzel
• Ethel Merman
• Bette Midler
• Sinéad O'Connor
• Jane Olivor
• Edith Piaf
• Raven-Symoné
• Tina Turner
• Carrie Underwood
• Tamia Washington
• Mary Wilson
• Amy Lee