Naturally, it was a tweet from Joyce DiDonato that first got our attention:
Are you ready for this? @Barihunks, eat your beautiful hearts out! The mezzos are on-line!! https://t.co/EXCDXaNbWY
— Joyce DiDonato (@JoyceDiDonato) December 4, 2013
Indeed they are, or at any rate, a fansite for the lower-voiced ladies is there--with the eye-catching name MezzoSexual (what might have been a good tag line...Santuzzas in the City?).
https://t.co/6QrIqG8H1S - @JoyceDiDonato & @MezzoGraham are our first two honored DIVAS. Who will be next??? #mezzosexual #witchesbabesboys — Mezzo Sexual (@mezzosexual) December 4, 2013
It looks like MezzoSexual.com aims to do for mezzos what the aforementioned Barihunks does for baritones. Namely, err, slaver over them. But we're all for a bit of love for the mezzos, who have sometimes tended to get a bit neglected in favor of sopranos.
@JoyceDiDonato We are so excited about MezzoSexual and hope that it thrives. We love low voices!!! We need a mezzosexual-barihunk photoshoot — Barihunks (@Barihunks) December 5, 2013
What everyone forgets, of course, is that arguably the highest-selling opera singer in the world is a mezzo-soprano--Cecilia something or other--and Joyce is more than doing her bit. As are the massed ranks of Susan Graham, Elīna Garanča, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rinat Shaham, Jamie Barton and many others.
There isn't much up at the site yet, only really shortish spolights on DiDonato and Graham and a promise of more (including mezzo-themed t-shirts and other merchandise). So, time will tell how good it can get. But we like the idea.
Because she needs no excuse, let us ReJoyce.
