Blasi is classically trained as a mezzo soprano. One of her teachers was the alto and mezzo soprano Mme. Mezzo soprano Linn Maxwell was elected president in 2007. She must have had originally a fine "mezzo soprano" voice. Contraltos can extend their notes to the mezzo soprano or to the lower range. Mr. Bing, I AM as soprano, but I am a MEZZO soprano. Baird began her career as a mezzo soprano and sang in German opera houses. Thornton is the son of Neal Thornton (pianist/composer) and Sally Burgess (Mezzo Soprano/Director). Jane Henschel (born 2 March 1952) is an American operatic mezzo soprano. The operatic mezzo soprano Alexandrina Miltcheva was born in Smyadovo on 27 November 1934. Catherine King, mezzo soprano, studied at Trinity College Cambridge and the Guildhall School of Music.