Mezzo is the Italian word for "half", "middle" or "medium". It may refer to:

Music

Mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

or mezzo, a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices *Mezzo forte ("medium-loud") and mezzo piano ("medium-quiet"), musical terms for dynamics *

Mezzo staccato Portato (; Italian past participle of ''portare'', "to carry"), also mezzo-staccato, French notes portées, in music denotes a smooth, pulsing articulation and is often notated by adding dots under slur markings. Portato is also known as arti ...

, an articulation halfway between legato and staccato

Other uses

* Mezzo (artist) (born 1960), a French cartoonist * Mezzo Buttress, a glacier in Antarctica *''

Mezzo DSA ''Mezzo DSA'' is a 13-episode anime series created by Yasuomi Umetsu and the first not to be licensed by Anime Works, but instead licensed by ADV Films. It is a follow up to the 2001 OVA ''Mezzo Forte''. Synopsis Mikura, Kurokawa, and Harada ...

'', a 2003 anime series, the sequel to the ''Mezzo Forte'' anime movie *''

Mezzo Forte is a 2000 original video animation (OVA) directed by Yasuomi Umetsu, but in the United States these OVAs are edited into an anime movie and released it on DVD on the same year. The OVA, which concerns a young woman, Mikura Suzuki, and her m ...

'', an anime movie *

Mezzo Mix Mezzo Mix (official notation: mezzo mix) is a product of The Coca-Cola Company, first introduced in Germany in 1973. It is a mixture of orange soda and cola, a beverage popular in German-speaking countries, commonly known there as spezi, the gen ...

, a beverage sold by Coca-Cola in Germany, Finland and Austria *

Mezzo TV Mezzo is a French television channel devoted to classical music (including opera and ballet), jazz and world music. It was formed in 1992 and was called France Supervision until 1998. In 2010 it added a sister channel, Mezzo Live HD. In Ja ...

, a television channel in France *Mezzo, a common name in the 19th century for the island of

Lopud Lopud () is a small island off the coast of Dalmatia, southern Croatia. Lopud is economically the most developed of the Elaphiti Islands, and can be reached by boat from Dubrovnik, Trsteno, Orašac and Zaton. The island is famous for its sandy ...

, Croatia

Music

Other uses

See also