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.
Top Definition. mezzo-soprano. The medium female singing voice in opera and non-classic al music (although in the choir, the mezzo-soprano and the contralto are lumped together as alto s). The mezzo-soprano has a range of two octave s from A3 (below middle C) to A5 (just two notes short of high C). This is the most common female voice.