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mezzo-soprano

type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice
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A mezzo-soprano is a voice type[1].

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: female voice[3], voice[4], medium voice[5]
  • Commons category: Mezzo-sopranos[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mezzo-sopranos[7]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[8], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[11]
  • Short name: Mezzosopr[12]
  • Name: Mezzosopran[13]
  • Related category: Category:Mezzo-sopranos by nationality[14]

Why It Matters

mezzo-soprano has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] mezzo-soprano is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Mezzo-sopranos
    Described by source → Riemann's Music Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 30088, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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