contralto
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The cliché applied to contralto voices is “plummy” and Heynis offers its reverse, a sort of lean, emotional essentialism in a deep and beautiful voice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
With her electric green eyes, corkscrew hair and husky contralto voice, Dame Cleo became the most recognisable British jazz singer in history.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
Taking her cues from the likes of Elvis Presley and Eartha Kitt, she began training her famous contralto.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the pioneering Black American contralto, a rare case of an artist’s name replacing a corporation.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
Dorothy looked over at her children, still so young but entranced by the contralto voice that seemed to each person in the audience to be singing to them, only to them.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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