mezza voce

The young singer should practice mezza voce, which simply means nothing more or less than "half voice."

Take her mezza voce and her phrasing in the second act of Monna Vanna, take them and bow down before them.

Francesco has a mezza voce, which might, by a stretch of politeness, be called baritone.

While studying an application he sang, mezza voce, the aria from Pagliacci.

Of this we may be sure, that no one can sing a good full tone unless he can sing a good mezza voce.