1.   A lyric mezzo should have a warm, round, womanly sound, a lower middle register with a lot of color, and focused enough to be audible.

2.   A true lyric mezzo blooms around F or F-sharp.

3.   Lyric mezzos have not always basked in such glory, though the voice type is among the most common.

4.   Ms. Horne is quick to point out, though, that there are technically two types of lyric mezzos.

5.   Perhaps the current vogue for lyric mezzos and the broadening of their repertory may stem such migration.