mezzo

noun (plural mezzos)

• (also mezzo-soprano) a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto: the Polish mezzo Stefania Toczyska a scene thundering with mezzo-sopranos
• a singing voice of the mezzo type, or a part written for one: the able mezzo of Melanie Sonnenberg as Clarice [as modifier]:Della Jones brings a new vitality to her mezzo arias