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From:  Vicki Bryant <MezzoNotte@e...>
Date:  Tue Jan 8, 2002  7:39 am
Subject:  Re[2]: [vocalist] different length vocal folds

Thursday, January 03, 2002, 9:50:39 PM, GWendel Yee wrote:

GY> I keep running into this attitude that a mezzo is a woman who can't sing
GY> high enough to be a soprano; or a baritone is a man who can't sing high
GY> enough to be a tenor. Range, range, range! It's all about "range". Truth
GY> be told, my favorite female voice is the mezzo. Those "chocolatey-sweet"
GY> voices are sooooo sublime, A soprano singing low doesn't necessarily have
GY> the wonderful quality of the mezzo, IMO Her voice just isn't as rich or
GY> sultry *to me*.

Wow! On behalf of all mezzo-sopranos everywhere, thank you!


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