Animals have always been regarded in Buddhist thought as sentient beings. Furthermore, animals possess Buddha nature (according to the MahÄyÄna school) and therefore potential for enlightenment. Moreover, the doctrine of rebirth held that any human could be reborn as animal, and any animal could be reborn as a human.n the Jatakas [edit]. The JÄtaka stories which tell of past lives of the Buddha in folktale fashion, frequently involve animals as peripheral or main characters, and it is not uncommon for the Bodhisattva (the past-life Buddha) to appear as an animal as well.
The opera performer with the highest voice is a soprano. A soprano is usually a woman, and she can hit the high notes. A woman who sings at the highest register is one kind of soprano, and her singing voice itself can also be called a soprano. Sometimes high-voiced male singers are described this way too, although it's more common to call them countertenors, or to describe their singing voices as falsetto.
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (English pronunciation: /ËmÉtsoÊ/ , /ËmÉzoÊ/ ; [ËmÉddzo soËpraËno] 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 to the A two octaves above (i.e.A 3 âA 5 in scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C 4). In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C (F 3) and as high as high C (C 6). dramatic mezzo-soprano has a strong medium register, a warm high register and a voice that is broader and more powerful than the lyric and coloratura mezzo-sopranos. This voice has less vocal facility than the coloratura mezzo-soprano.