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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano .
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Parts are notated for him in five different clefs bass, tenor, alto, mezzo-soprano and soprano.
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The late mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani makes a guest appearance in these 1973 sessions.
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The voice had a curious quality, husky and high-pitched as if uncertain whether it was a light tenor or a throaty mezzo-soprano .
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Yet the beneficent mezzo-soprano voice is not really the ideal instrument, and this soprano has a younger, fresher tone.