1.   Never mind that her expansive gestures run to the melodramatic, or that her throaty alto voice leans toward the declamatory.

2.   Souza has a finely calibrated, sensible alto voice, and these are exquisite rearrangements.

3.   The Canadian snowbird puts her distinctive alto voice under two CDs worth of holiday classics.

4.   Yet when he starts to sing, his alto voice has a tender beauty that seems classically feminine.