lyric mezzo-soprano
- noun
- /ˈlɪrɪk ˌmɛtzoʊ səˈprɑːnoʊ/
- Specialized
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mezzo-soprano lírica
- She was cast as Carmen because her lyric mezzo-soprano suited the role's expressive demands.
Examples
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The lyric mezzo-soprano captivated the audience with her warm voice.
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Many lyric mezzo-sopranos excel in opera and musical theater.
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Many roles in French opera call for a lyric mezzo-soprano rather than a dramatic voice.
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The audition panel praised his daughter's lyric mezzo-soprano for its warmth and clarity.
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Many roles in French opera call for a lyric mezzo-soprano rather than a dramatic voice.
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She was cast as Carmen because her lyric mezzo-soprano suited the role's expressive demands.
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The audition panel praised his daughter's lyric mezzo-soprano for its warmth and clarity.
Synonyms
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A female singing voice between soprano and contralto
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A woman singer with a voice higher than a low voice but lower than a very high voice
How Light
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Surface Forms
Morphology
lyric + mezzo-soprano
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'lyric' (light/gentle vocal quality) modifies the voice type 'mezzo-soprano', so the combined meaning—a mezzo-soprano with a light, warm, lyrical voice—is directly derivable from the parts. This descriptive, domain-specific pattern is common and predictable cross-linguistically, so a learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Lyric mezzo-soprano comes from the words mezzo ('middle') and soprano ('high' female voice), so a mezzo-soprano sings in the middle range rather than the very highest notes. Calling a voice lyric means it has a light, songlike, warm sound for expressive roles, so the full term means a middle-range female voice with a warm, songlike quality.