Mezzo-soprano vocal range
A mezzo-soprano sings from about A3 to A5, two octaves. The middle female voice, between soprano and alto.
What a mezzo-soprano sounds like
Warmer and darker than a soprano, with a strong middle. Many pop and musical theatre singers are mezzos.
In a choir: Choirs rarely have a mezzo part: mezzos sing soprano 2 or alto, whichever sits better.
Parts written for mezzo-soprano
Carmen in Bizet’s opera, Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, and Elphaba in Wicked.
Where it sits among the voice types
Find out where your own voice sits with the vocal range test.
Questions about the mezzo-soprano range
What is a mezzo-soprano’s range?
About two octaves, from A3, below middle C, up to A5.
How do I know if I am a mezzo-soprano?
Find your range with a vocal range test: if it runs from about A3 to A5, and your voice feels easiest and sounds best in the middle of that, mezzo-soprano fits. A voice teacher also listens for where your voice changes gear and how it sounds.
Other voice types
All six side by side are on the vocal ranges page.
Are you a mezzo-soprano?
Sing from your lowest note to your highest into your mic and see your range and the voice type it fits. Free, with nothing recorded.
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