contralto

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

Yarrow was the tenor in Peter, Paul and Mary, his tender and attentive vocals sandwiched between the soothing baritone of Noel Paul Stookey and the airy contralto of Mary Travers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 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 new arrangements emphasise the sumptuous timbre of Spiteri's contralto, adding fresh intimacy to familiar melodies.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024

Closing her eyes, Marian Anderson began to sing, and her thrilling contralto voice carried across the Mall, touching every person who had come to hear her.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

She became one of the industry’s best-known contraltos — the female singers with the lowest vocal range — touring widely and making more than 80 recordings.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

Alexander Neef, the general director of the Canadian Opera Company, laments the difficulty of finding real contraltos to fuel the continuing renaissance of Baroque opera, with its many roles originally geared to castratos.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2016

Her voice was not as powerful as that of some of the other famous Italian contraltos and mezzos, but it was immediately recognisable.

From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010

Long recognized as one of the world's leading contraltos, Forrester, 36, earns $100,000 a year singing classical songs at $2,500 a performance.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was easier for Chester to play the ones written for tenors than the ones for sopranos, contraltos, and basses, but he did them all beautifully.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden