Meadow Soprano soccer team and singing in the chorus and school pageants), attended Columbia University, performing well in her classes after a poor first-year performance, and volunteered regularly at the South Bronx Law Center. Since her graduation, Meadow studied for medical school as she was interested in being a pediatrician, but she had second thoughts and considered a career in the legal profession. Meadow was often resentful of her lineage, stemming from a string of failed relationships first with Noah Tannenbaum, a fellow student who was African American and Jewish, who met with Tony's disapproval, who broke up with Meadow after his
Mezzo-soprano lyric, and dramatic mezzo-soprano. While mezzo-sopranos typically sing secondary roles in operas, notable exceptions include the title role in Bizet's "Carmen", Angelina (Cinderella) in Rossini's "La Cenerentola", and Rosina in Rossini's "Barber of Seville" (all of which are also sung by sopranos). Many 19th-century French-language operas give the leading female role to mezzos, including "Béatrice et Bénédict", "La damnation de Faust", "Don Quichotte", "La favorite", "Dom Sébastien", "Charles VI", "Mignon", "Samson et Dalila", "Les Troyens", and "Werther", as well as "Carmen". Typical roles for mezzo-sopranos include the stereotypical triad associated with contraltos of "witches, bitches, and britches": witches, nurses, and