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Pan basso was a tough, inexpensive bread made of coarse flour sold at bakeries throughout Mexico City.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
But at six-foot-two, with the big, square features and the theatrical presence of a human monolith, Chen looks as well as buzzes like the authority figures and heavies that are a star basso’s ticket to the really big time.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
His formidable rich voice voice always carried the gaiety of a comic opera basso.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Mephistopheles, who wears a Patriots uniform, or perhaps a Belichekian hoodie, cackles in his dark basso tones every time a new candidate for the post gets behind center.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
There’s a flicker of ironic recognition in the old man yet, for Shakespeare’s verse still flows elegantly out of Page’s basso instrument.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
Scored for five voices, five unspecified instrumental parts and basso continuo, the music is reverent and wistful.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
His voice was the earth-shaking basso rumble coming from behind the forbidding mask of Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga, starting with the original 1977 film, and the stentorian growl of Mufasa, King of the Pride Lands and father of Simba in The Lion King.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
But at six-foot-two, with the big, square features and the theatrical presence of a human monolith, Chen looks as well as buzzes like the authority figures and heavies that are a star basso’s ticket to the really big time.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
His formidable rich voice voice always carried the gaiety of a comic opera basso.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Mephistopheles, who wears a Patriots uniform, or perhaps a Belichekian hoodie, cackles in his dark basso tones every time a new candidate for the post gets behind center.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
There’s a flicker of ironic recognition in the old man yet, for Shakespeare’s verse still flows elegantly out of Page’s basso instrument.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
Scored for five voices, five unspecified instrumental parts and basso continuo, the music is reverent and wistful.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
His voice was the earth-shaking basso rumble coming from behind the forbidding mask of Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga, starting with the original 1977 film, and the stentorian growl of Mufasa, King of the Pride Lands and father of Simba in The Lion King.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Basso.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basso. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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