Editing Mezzo-soprano (section)

=== Lyric ===
The lyric mezzo-soprano has a range from approximately the G note below middle C (G<sub>3</sub>, 196&nbsp;Hz) to the A two octaves above middle C (A<sub>5</sub>, 880&nbsp;Hz).<ref name=Appelman /> This voice has a very smooth, sensitive and at times lachrymose quality. Lyric mezzo-sopranos do not have the vocal agility of the coloratura mezzo-soprano or the size of the dramatic mezzo-soprano. The lyric mezzo-soprano is ideal for most [[trouser role]]s.<ref name=Boldrey />

Lyric mezzo-soprano roles in operas ('''*'''''denotes a lead role''):
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* Adalgisa, ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' ([[Bellini]])
* Ariadne, ''[[The Minotaur (opera)|The Minotaur]]'' ([[Harrison Birtwistle|Birtwistle]])
* Carmen, ''[[Carmen]]'' ([[Georges Bizet|Bizet]])*
* Charlotte, ''[[Werther]]'' ([[Jules Massenet|Massenet]])*
* The Composer, ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'' ([[Richard Strauss]])
* Dido, ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' ([[Henry Purcell|Purcell]])*
* Floßhilde, ''[[Das Rheingold]]'', ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' ([[Richard Wagner]])
* Hänsel, ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'' ([[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Humperdinck]])*
* Jo, ''[[Little Women (opera)|Little Women]]'' ([[Mark Adamo]])
* Marguerite, ''[[La damnation de Faust]]'' ([[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]])*
* Meg, ''[[Little Women (opera)|Little Women]]'' ([[Mark Adamo]])
* Mignon, ''[[Mignon]]'' ([[Ambroise Thomas]])*
* Miranda, ''[[The Tempest (opera)|The Tempest]]'' ([[Thomas Adès]])
* Mother, ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' ([[Gian Carlo Menotti|Menotti]])*
* Nancy, ''[[Albert Herring]]'' ([[Britten]])
* Nicklausse, ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]'' ([[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]])
* Octavian, ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' ([[Richard Strauss]])*
* Orlofsky, ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' ([[Johann Strauss II]])
* The Pilgrim, ''[[L'Amour de loin]]'' ([[Kaija Saariaho]])*
* Puck, ''[[Oberon]]'' ([[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber]])
* Sesto, ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'' ([[George Frideric Handel|Handel]])
* Siebel, ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' ([[Charles Gounod|Gounod]])
* Sorceress, ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' ([[Henry Purcell|Purcell]])
* Stephano, ''[[Roméo et Juliette]]'' ([[Charles Gounod]])
* Suzuki, ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' ([[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]])
* Tisbe, ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' ([[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]])
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