| 单词 | bel canto |
| 例句 | And while she is enthusiastic about bel canto — “it flies out of me,” she said of her Seattle “Maria Stuardas” — she is excited about the “gorgeous” music and “elegance” of the French in “Herodiade.” An opera star is born — with years of hard work 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z “Pretty told me it would be a bit more complex, more technological than what we’re used to in bel canto operas,” Sierra said. Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Osborn, who has won admirers for the technique, stamina and style in bel canto roles, makes Pollione a courtly charmer. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z More than two hours of truly "bel canto" was accompanied by the American Symphony Orchestra under James Bagwell, with the Collegiate Chorale providing a grounding, but vivid, commentary to the over-the-top action. Review: Over-the-top beauty begs for more bite 2012-12-06T20:59:13Z Vowels are the bread and butter of bel canto singers. Opera With Atmosphere of Brave New World 2010-10-04T12:00:00Z “Yardbird,” starring the bel canto tenor Lawrence Brownlee, will be performed Friday night and Sunday afternoon at the Apollo — where the real Charlie Parker played. Apollo Theater and Opera Philadelphia to Continue Partnership 1465-06-20T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton It has become almost de rigueur of late to update bel canto comedies to the 1950s or early 60s. Il Turco in Italia | Opera review 2010-04-04T20:30:00Z It would be a mistake, however, to associate her only with tragic bel canto heroines or with that delicious blend of tomboy and nightingale, Marie, in La Fille du Régiment. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z Greenhorn has been tailored to the young tenor Stephen Costello, winner of the 2009 Richard Tucker Award, who has shot to international recognition in bel canto and lyric parts by Donizetti and Gounod. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z She helped revitalize an entire repertory of early-19th-century Italian opera of the bel canto school. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z As long as it doesn’t become a matter of “destroying” an opera or an event, artists should be free to emphasize their ability to show solidarity, and not just their “bel canto.” ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Gidon Kremer on Freedom and Human Rights in Russia 2013-08-20T16:00:52Z Regarding the coloratura contortions of the florid baroque and bel canto repertory she champions, Ms. DiDonato said she learned from performing Handel that “if you don’t infuse meaning into it, it can be superfluous.” Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z Young singers today should all learn the art of "bel canto" or the old school of singing. Cardiff Singer of the World: is a beautiful voice enough? 2013-06-19T20:00:02Z Over time he wove widely varied styles into his voice, including Stravinsky Neo-Classicism, jazz and even bel canto opera. Review: Cantata Profana Revives a Henze Cycle Inspired by German Poems 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Many opera buffs and singers would choose Norma as the hardest soprano role in the repertory, requiring agile coloratura technique, elegant bel canto lyricism, Wagnerian power for the soaring dramatic outbursts, stamina and more. Music Review: Angela Meade Takes on ?Norma? at Caramoor 2010-07-12T22:10:00Z Wilson even sings the bel canto classic "O Sole Mio" — in Italian — and on the chipper charmer "Almost Twelve," soars above her usual sultry alto into soprano territory. Cassandra Wilson's 'Another Country' refreshingly upbeat 2012-06-25T19:23:04Z Seven years ago, Dessay released a recording of 19th century bel canto arias with Concerto Köln that was among her early encounters with the acoustic shock of period instruments. Early music is still being reinvented 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In crucial scenes, Mr. Brownlee, a superb bel canto tenor, dispatched runs that suggested jazzy Rossini. Review: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The 19th-century bel canto repertory remained closest to his heart, with its romantic vision of lost time: Donizetti and Bellini playing with Tudors and Stuarts, Rossini and Verdi's torrid exoticism. Peter J Hall obituary 2010-06-24T18:00:00Z On Friday night, Angela Meade brought her prodigious gifts to perhaps the most daunting role in the bel canto repertoire, the Druid priestess in Bellini's "Norma." New roles for Racette and Meade at DC Opera 2013-03-18T16:33:09Z The heroines of bel canto express their suffering through heart-wrenchingly beautiful music, conveying a combination of beauty and pain that often reflects real life, said Ms. DiDonato. Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z For a long time these works went largely unseen, casualties of a period during which Baroque, classical and bel canto operas had fallen out of favor. Tellings of Armida?s Story, Including Gluck?s at Juilliard 2012-02-03T15:51:38Z This week’s other highlights include the Dover Quartet on Friday and a bel canto showcase, featuring the bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs, on Thursday. Opera & Classical Music Listings for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z There’s been an explosion of revivals of long-ignored early Baroque and bel canto works, as well as a robust interest in brand-new pieces. Review: ‘Persée et Andromède’ Glows at Manhattan School of Music 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z His mixture of flamboyant, gender-bending minimalism and stylised melodrama, inspired by 19th-century Italian bel canto opera and the music of German romanticism, often juxtaposed with popular song, blurred the distinction between art and kitsch. Werner Schroeter obituary 2010-04-22T17:34:00Z But he thoroughly understood the bel canto style and was attuned to every component of his wife’s voice. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z Electronic processing altered some of the shrieks and throaty inhalations, dusky jazz vocals and snippets of bel canto, stifled groans and rhythmic panting. Review: Ekmeles Performs John Cage at the Avant Music Festival 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Here was one of many moments during the performance when Mr. Mariotti, who excels in the bel canto repertory, demonstrated how to breathe with singers while maintaining the shape and impetus of the music. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Sutherland's skills made her pre-eminent in the revival of Italian "bel canto" operas, and she was seen by many as having taken on the mantle of Callas. Family: Soprano Joan Sutherland has died, age 83 2010-10-11T17:50:00Z Croft is a model of Handelian bel canto, while Daniels is luxury casting indeed as the herald. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z In his next opera, “The Prince of Homburg,” first produced in Hamburg in 1960, he caricatured German militarism within a style fashioned after the bel canto operas of Bellini and Donizetti. Hans Werner Henze, Romantic Composer, Dies at 86 2012-10-29T02:30:06Z Ms. Sutherland, the reigning bel canto soprano of her day, was tempted into the studio to sing Turandot, a vocally weighty role she never performed in a house. Classical Playlist: Puccini, Mendelssohn, Wagner and More 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Vemic brought a mellow, full-bodied voice, a feeling for bel canto phrasing and commanding stage presence to his portrayal. Review: Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula,’ Sung by Promising Young Voices 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Her technical agility and lyrical refinement were ideal for the florid bel canto repertory. Review: A Soaring Soprano Helps Bel Canto at Caramoor Say Farewell 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z With his guidance, she began to specialise in the Italian bel canto repertoire, especially Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi roles such as Violetta in La Traviata. Joan Sutherland, celebrated opera singer, dies aged 83 2010-10-11T17:27:00Z In the past, discussion of bel canto focused on dazzling sopranos like Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland, and mezzos like Marilyn Horne. Critic’s Notebook: Opera Stars and the Revival of Bel Canto 2014-05-04T21:52:06Z The Met Opera’s current season kicked off in September with Bellini’s 1831 bel canto opera. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Norma’ and ‘Jane the Virgin’ 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z With bel canto, “there is the same juxtaposition.” Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z It’s a surprisingly effective way to get the voice to soar and open up: a kind of Chinese bel canto. ‘Dr. Sun Yat-sen’ in the American Premiere at Santa Fe Opera 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z I think she was the best bel canto soprano I'll ever hear: the vocal phenomenon of the postwar era indeed. Joan Sutherland: a tribute 2010-10-11T17:15:00Z And the whole thing was given added buoyancy by the conducting of Antony Walker, the artistic director of Washington Concert Opera and a known bel canto specialist. Review | ‘The Touchstone’ is a deservedly forgotten opera. Wolf Trap makes a case for remembering it. 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z This score shows Rossini balancing the florid Italianate bel canto style with pioneering dramatic grandeur, setting the stage for the French grand opera era. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z And she managed her bel canto athletics skillfully. D.C. theater’s ‘La Sonnambula’ finds its footing after an unsteady awakening 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Since 1997 the has presented an series devoted to the bel canto repertory, with an emphasis on Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z With a lyrical voice trained in bel canto style, he is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like. A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Aficionados make a strong case for this work, which is crammed with bel canto ornament and almost equally devoid of action: so yards of tartan and yards of tricky singing. Lohengrin; Ariadne auf Naxos; La Donna del Lago – review 2013-05-25T23:05:56Z His affinity for the elegant lines of bel canto was not in doubt. Review: Jennifer Johnson Cano and Dimitri Pittas at the Morgan 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z For Netrebko, who turned 43 last week, it represents a shift from the lyric soprano and bel canto roles with which she made her reputation to vocally weightier repertory. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Throughout the long evening, she made the intricate vocal line sound effortless - the mark of a true bel canto expert. Bolena's crown is a good fit for Angela Meade 2011-10-23T17:46:08Z But in the late 1840s, when he was nearing 30, Whitman found himself suddenly under the spell of bel canto masterpieces by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z I wouldn’t say it’s difficult, but for a bel canto public it’s a shock. Arts & Leisure: Arena Opera, Mortier Style 2011-07-14T13:38:17Z During the 1948-49 seasons, she began to sing the Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti roles in which she became a specialist as the bel canto revival got under way. Giulietta Simionato obituary 2010-05-07T15:19:00Z As a whole, diction was largely mushy, but then, bel canto singing in English can’t compare with the sonorities of Italian. D.C. theater’s ‘La Sonnambula’ finds its footing after an unsteady awakening 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z She felt that it was a logical fit for her voice — a way to combine her Met history of bel canto works, like Donizetti’s Tudor operas, and verismo classics like Puccini’s “Tosca.” The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z This Western has the first shootout in which I expected the duellists to burst into bel canto.” Stanley Kauffmann: The Old Master of Movie Criticism 2013-10-09T23:03:45Z “I find it like bel canto on steroids.” How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Under guest conductor Antony Walker’s baton, the 158-member chorus and 51-piece orchestra plumbed the depths of a liturgical work and highlighted an assortment of bel canto arias with bravura, gravitas and dynamism. Review | Choral Arts hits the mark with a serious Rossini 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z That slightly reedy tone, telling in bel canto, sounds severe when he turns to Mozart's Tito. Juan Diego Fl?rez - review 2011-01-21T18:07:28Z But her voice was changing, especially after vocal surgery in 2002 that she said added flexibility to it, and she had just dipped her toe into bel canto by singing Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia.” Sondra Radvanovsky, Opera Royalty, Takes On Donizetti’s Triple Crown 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z There are also some piano pieces by Wagner, including a youthful 26-minute fantasy, a fascinating, if not great, work: you hear the 19-year-old Wagner beholden both to Beethoven and bel canto opera. Classical Playlist: Handel's 'Messiah,' Beethoven, Schumann and More 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But by transporting Donizetti’s bel canto tragedy to present-day America for his Met debut, Stone is breaking new ground. Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z In fact, a somewhat generalized sense of character carries through the bel canto repertoire on the disc. CD reviews: Hitting high notes in the opera canon 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z On Saturday at Caramoor’s Venetian Theater Mr. Crutchfield turned to a work that couldn’t seem further from the era and style of bel canto: Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” performed in the original French. Review: ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites,’ Under Will Crutchfield, Finds Beauty Anew 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Los Angeles Opera unveiled a new production of Bellini's "Norma," one of the wonders of the bel canto repertory. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Her experience with Rossini’s “Armida” illustrates her mixed results as an exponent of bel canto. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z Mr. Benini, a bel canto expert, said that pacing is a crucial element of the genre. Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z On this disc she has assembled some of her favorite Italian roles from the bel canto, verismo and Verdi repertory. Classical Playlist: David Lang, 'Fiamma del Belcanto' and More 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z And it is certainly true that bel canto stuff is not his natural world. Far From Valhalla: A Tabloid Star Is Joining The Sisterhood Of the Fallen 2011-02-13T01:06:18Z Many longtime ticket buyers worry that classics will be squeezed out: There is no early 19th-century bel canto next season, and Mozart is represented only by an abridged, English-language “Magic Flute” for families. The Met Is Planning a Big Bet on Contemporary Opera 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The years that Netrebko spent singing bel canto heroines paid off here in the skillful way she dispatched the trills and runs that Verdi folds into the vocal lines. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Bridging these diverse reference points, as ever, is Z’s own virtuosic vocal technique, which incorporates both her bel canto training as well as her eclectic listening, across genres. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z For a demonstration of dramatic naturalness and stylish bel canto singing there was the Italian baritone Ambrogio Maestri as Doctor Dulcamara. Review of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’ 2012-09-25T12:41:03Z She began singing Bellini’s “Norma,” a pinnacle of bel canto repertory. Sondra Radvanovsky, Opera Royalty, Takes On Donizetti’s Triple Crown 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The next best thing might be New York Opera Forum’s concert staging of Bellini’s “Norma,” a bel canto classic known for its exhausting titular role. A 36-Hour Guide to Gay Pride Weekend in New York 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Verdi wanted to avoid making his “Macbeth” too pretty, and broke with bel canto convention when writing the music for the . Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z This decision seems an acknowledgement that it is time to end her venture into bravura bel canto. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z She had arrived on the scene at just the right time, able to take up and extend the bel canto repertoire that had been revived by Callas after many years of neglect. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z The bel canto value of evenness throughout the range of the voice means nothing to him. Music Review: Ian Bostridge and Thomas Ad?s at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-29T23:23:51Z It’s that vim that has propelled Ms. Galás to continually breach the limits of music, improvising, mixing classical bel canto singing with demonic shrieks, muttering and glossolalic runs. Diamanda Galás, Still Wild and Primal, Returns to the New York Stage 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Griffith's sublime rendition of the most famous tune, the killer bel canto aria "Glitter and Be Gay," truly brings down the house. Review: A soaring, witty 'Candide' at 5th Avenue 2010-05-28T21:42:00Z The term also refers to the early 19th-century Italian operas steeped in bel canto style. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z For now, he shines as a "bel canto" tenor - meaning beautiful singing - in works by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Tenor Brownlee shows race no hurdle to his career 2010-04-30T10:39:00Z Even as bel canto’s slice of the opera landscape has expanded, it remains a hothouse. Critic’s Notebook: Opera Stars and the Revival of Bel Canto 2014-05-04T21:52:06Z Once a bel canto specialist, he’s the rare tenor with both Rossini’s and Verdi’s very different versions of “Otello” in his repertory. Review: A Surprise Tenor Jolts the Met Opera’s ‘Samson’ 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z But her pop celebrity emerged from her being an indelible artist, who contributed to the 20th-century resurrection of bel canto repertoire with a transfixing stage presence. Review: Marina Abramovic Summons Maria Callas in ‘7 Deaths’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z That act leads to the famous “mad scene,” an extended showpiece for sopranos notable for the intricate vocal line and elaborate ornamentation that typified the bel canto style of early 19th century Italian opera. Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Every so often, when I’m pontificating about opera, in print or in person, a reader or an editor will ask me, “But what exactly is bel canto?” Perspective | What exactly is bel canto? It’s a way of singing and, for some, an addiction. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He acknowledges — how could you not? — that the Savoyard operettas pointedly skewer bel canto conventions, both literary and musical. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z Ms. DiDonato’s mastery of the gymnastic elements of bel canto singing is absolute, and the seeming ease with which she binds them into the musical and emotional context of each phrase and scene is breathtaking. Review: ‘La Donna del Lago,’ With Fiercely Athletic Vocals 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Bellini died cruelly young, at 33, but left some of the most beautiful bel canto operas, and arguably the longest legacy, affecting everyone from Chopin to Verdi to Wagner. Perspective | What exactly is bel canto? It’s a way of singing and, for some, an addiction. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He is clearly a talented singer with a sweet, plaintive sound and a nice facility in bel canto. Caramoor festival scores with Donizetti rarity 2010-07-25T18:16:00Z And in two cities, two bel canto gems. A Full Carnegie Hall and More in the Northeast 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z In recent years, many Italian opera houses have been better known for financial, managerial and labor tumult than for their way with bel canto or verismo. Turin Opera’s Music Director Threatens to Leave 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z He has slowly been moving out of his comfort zone in the florid bel canto repertory, toward roles that require more weight and carrying power. Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z When I’m working with bel canto, I look for the reason why the composer wrote it that way, and I color it with that emotion. An opera star is born — with years of hard work 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z For Ms. Netrebko, who turned 43 last week, it represents a shift from the lyric soprano and bel canto roles with which she made her reputation to vocally weightier repertory. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps after years of laser-precision bel canto, Brownlee has cultivated an elegant propriety, staying true to rhythm and seldom straying from a polished, ringing tone. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Who knew, for example, that bel canto, an Italian opera term, came to define European classical singing mainly because the open vowels of Italian were easier to sing than French or German? Voice-overs 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z It is extremely rare, however, to see one conducting bel canto operas, with their larger ensembles and layered rhythms, often delivered at a sprint. How One Violinist Conducts an Entire Bel Canto Opera 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z In bel canto works like “Norma,” the protagonist’s grandeur, the heights from which she falls, are established by the soprano’s vocal technique, by the long, confident musical lines she spins. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Beyond bel canto, Dame Sutherland's repertory ranged from Handel and Mozart to Verdi and 19th-century French operas. Obituary: Soprano Joan Sutherland was opera legend 2010-10-12T03:18:00Z At the same time, it’s a perennial delight for lovers of bel canto, a special type of opera that prizes the beauty of the singing voice above all. Seattle Opera experiments with a socially distanced stage production, filmed movie-style 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z This rarely performed compendium of virtuosic cliches found Wunder at his most relaxed, allowing him to indulge in splashy displays of technique and bel canto bombast. Pianist Ingolf Wunder gets carried away with his fearless approach 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z To those who might point out that “Forza” is hardly a bel canto opera, Mr. Crutchfield has this to say: “I use the term ‘bel canto’ at convenience. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z But in the bel canto works of the early 19th century — of which “Norma,” from 1831, is a lasting masterpiece — vocal quality is more than a want. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z This led her to further explorations of bel canto repertory, including music with daunting coloratura challenges. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z I try not to pass up the opportunity to hear the honey-voiced bel canto tenor Javier Camarena, who was to open this charming Cinderella work at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday evening. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Even as a young man, Mr. Bonynge had uncommon knowledge of bel canto repertory and style. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z From there, Mr. Domingo deftly navigated new roles across diverse operatic styles, from Wagnerian weight to bel canto lightness. Plácido Domingo, Opera Superstar, Achieves the Unthinkable: 150 Roles 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z In “Anna Bolena” he conveyed an understanding of bel canto style, in which arching lines must be given room to spin and cast their spell and accompaniment patterns have to be flexible. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z Donizetti was, of course, a major beneficiary of the postwar revival of Italian bel canto operas of the early 19th century, which put a premium on vocal beauty and display. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z All were adept at the long lines and the rapid-fire ornamentation of bel canto style. Music Review: ‘Olivo e Pasquale,’ From Amore Opera, at Connelly Theater 2012-11-05T22:32:50Z "Maria" is a fascinating transitional work that bridges the restraints of the heavily ornamented bel canto style and the headlong romanticism that would become the hallmark of Giuseppe Verdi. Caramoor festival scores with Donizetti rarity 2010-07-25T18:16:00Z As a prolific opera conductor, the Italian maestro marveled at the “bel canto quality” Cho brought to the concerto’s slow movement. Winning a renowned piano competition put Seong-Jin Cho on road to stardom 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z As good bel canto performances will, the evening gradually built a head of steam as the performers fed off one another’s energy. The lighter side of ‘La favorite’ 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z At 15 she began vocal studies at the Zurich Conservatory under Margarete Haeser, her only teacher, who instructed her in a mixture of bel canto and Strauss. Lisa Della Casa, Opera Singer, Dies at 93 2012-12-13T00:28:21Z There's no point complaining that Florez's performances in the bel canto repertoire lack depth or complexity. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z But it was hardly clear from his background that Mr. Camarena would become one of the leading bel canto singers of his generation. Critic’s Notebook: Javier Camarena to Sing in ‘La Cenerentola’ 2014-04-20T22:05:39Z But a bel canto masterpiece like “I Puritani,” Bellini’s final work, is especially dependent upon beautiful singing, as the very name of the style suggests. Opera Review: ‘I Puritani’ Revisits the English Civil War 2014-04-18T21:33:16Z Yende said she intended to focus on the bel canto repertoire. For soprano Pretty Yende, a career in opera adds up 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z In verismo, he added, the singers can get away with a little “sporcizia,” or dirtiness, but not so in bel canto. Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z In the work’s finale, a cello line of bel canto sweetness was taken up, to leaden effect, by the bassoons and clarinets. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Fleming, whose melting voice makes her a formidable interpreter in some parts of the repertory, has always had a fondness for bel canto. Review: Fleming, 6 tenors lead rare Rossini at Met 2010-04-13T14:31:00Z I find a lot of it pretty dull, especially the bel canto stuff.” Far From Valhalla: A Tabloid Star Is Joining The Sisterhood Of the Fallen 2011-02-13T01:06:18Z Singing with a distinctive, rich dark-hued voice, she demonstrated the requisite power, fluid coloratura and bel canto lyricism of a worthy interpreter of Bellini’s druid priestess. Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z His naturally sympathetic manner and clean looks, together with his own refusal to stray too far from French-Italian bel canto territory, have set him apart as a musician of rare intelligence and self-discipline. Carmen; Juan Diego Fl?rez ? review 2011-01-23T00:06:31Z As bel canto parodies go you can hardly do better than “Pinafore,” which toys with several classic operatic plot turns. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z He was way ahead of his time in his knowledge of the rarities, and concern for the performing practice, of bel canto opera. In praise of ? Richard Bonynge 2010-10-12T23:05:00Z This production has the right conductor in the pit: Maurizio Benini, who has long brought a sure hand and insight to bel canto works. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z I want to create a new vision for this bel canto opera on period instruments. Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z This was Wagner as bel canto, in which passion was focused through long, pristine musical lines. Review: A Writhing, Emotional Revival of Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’ 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The tenor Lawrence Brownlee, Opera Philadelphia’s artistic adviser, was up for the challenge: He has one of the sweetest sounds in the bel canto world, and tautly ringing high notes. An Opera Festival That Keeps Faith With Shutdown’s Innovations 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Bonynge says Sutherland initially resisted his efforts to steer her into Italian bel canto opera, but she soon flourished in those roles thanks to her astounding vocal ability. Husband: Joan Sutherland never knew own greatness 2010-10-18T18:46:00Z Nonetheless, the note caught on and Duprez’s style displaced an established bel canto tradition, to the point that we expect full-voiced high notes. Perspective | What exactly is bel canto? It’s a way of singing and, for some, an addiction. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Both these projects featured the tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who would become an ideal partner for Ms. Sutherland in the bel canto repertory. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z Given the imagination he invests in study of the bel canto literature, it stands to reason that he would find his richest performance opportunities there. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z Detractors of the bel canto style typically dislike it because, they argue, it is only that: beautiful singing. Review: Joyce DiDonato Blends Bel Canto and Emotion at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “Il trovatore,” by Giuseppe Verdi, opening Jan. 12: Described as “the ultimate bel canto opera,” an old gypsy’s curse destroys two long-lost brothers competing for the same damsel in distress. An opera about Steve Jobs is part of Seattle Opera’s 2018-19 season 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z More folk song than bel canto, they set zany poems by Matthew Zapruder, including a jealous ode to Canada in the style of a barroom drunk. NYFOS Next Features a New Work by Juantio Becenti 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z On one level, Ms. Bartoli’s Norma emphasizes the bel canto vocal style of the music as originally understood. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z His legs are an epic, a beatbox, a bel canto, a tango, a fresco, a gastronome. How my husband forgot sex 2014-02-13T00:00:00Z A new season dawns at the grander end of Lincoln Center with a new David McVicar production of Bellini’s bel canto classic. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The years that Ms. Netrebko spent singing bel canto heroines paid off here in the skillful way she dispatched the trills and runs that Verdi folds into the vocal lines. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z He worked carefully at building repertory, keeping it light with elegant bel canto roles and lyrical Verdi, Massenet and Gounod. The Great Tenor Hope (Just Ask Him) 2010-10-14T16:47:00Z If she never quite found her footing in the rigid conventions of bel canto, there is more in common with her theater work in the later, dreamier, more epic “Rusalka.” With ‘Rusalka,’ Will the Fourth Time Be the Charm for Mary Zimmerman? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z He is caught between love for the doomed Mary and entangled feelings for the imperious Elizabeth, and early scenes in “Maria Stuarda” suggest a typical bel canto romantic triangle. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z Whole stretches of ornate melodic lines inspired by bel canto soar over repetitive accompanimental patterns in the orchestra. Music Review: Wagner?s ?Rienzi? From Opera Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-02-01T00:07:03Z It requires not only the technically demanding bel canto Rossini singing, but energy, panache and stentorian delivery: the high notes are the least of it. A bite of William Tell 2011-07-15T22:55:03Z Lawrence Brownlee is among the most celebrated bel canto tenors alive. A tenor looks beyond opera and explores being a black man in America 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z I liken it to bel canto opera, where it’s all about the pyrotechnics of the soprano. Setting the Tempo With One Eye on the Stage 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z And he loved bel canto opera, especially by that melancholic melodist Bellini. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z Heggie’s version of 19th century bel canto style is a sort of dead opera walking. 'Great Scott,' an opera about opera, shows what makes Jake Heggie so popular 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Powell imbued his interpretation with a bel canto aesthetic, singing with beautiful legato, smooth and mellifluous timbre and a rich dynamic palette. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The three operas were not written as a cycle, but thanks in part to Sills, they are now often seen as a “Tudor Trilogy,” and a bel canto Everest to climb. Sondra Radvanovsky, Opera Royalty, Takes On Donizetti’s Triple Crown 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But in later years she announced a form of retirement from pop music, put out experiments in traditional Irish folk and reggae and learned bel canto. Music: Sinead O?Connor?s ?How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?? 2012-02-10T12:58:00Z He believes early Verdi operas often are played like late Verdi operas; in the process, the delicate bel canto style of the early works is replaced by a kind of verismo bluntness. The maestro tackles a masterpiece: Muti discusses his CSO 'Otello' 2011-04-06T15:44:00Z But with fiercely athletic vocal parts distributed among competing roles, this work sometimes feels like the bel canto version of the Highland Games. Review: ‘La Donna del Lago,’ With Fiercely Athletic Vocals 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z And, as in summers past, this was a chance to hear a significant bel canto opera that remains an offshoot of the repertory. Review: A Soaring Soprano Helps Bel Canto at Caramoor Say Farewell 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Born in New York in December 1923 to Greek parents, Callas was credited with reviving almost single-handedly the Italian bel canto vocal technique. Forgotten film reels bring Maria Callas' Paris debut to colourful life 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The house said Scappucci will be involved in works by Verdi and Puccini along with bel canto. Speranza Scappucci to become Royal Opera’s principal guest conductor 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z “There is an otherworldly quality in both scores. However, `Lohengrin,′ also because probably being earlier than ‘Parsifal,’ also is a confluence of some bel canto.” Met Opera scraps set from Russia, builds own for `Lohengrin’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z I had to relearn how to sing in a bel canto form that gets the sound off the vocal cords and up above it. Kenny Loggins rides into the 'Danger Zone' once more (and he can still hit those high notes) 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “I know what got me to where I am … all of that training, the bel canto singing, the acting: I’m trying to give it to these kids,” Allen said. Debbie Allen found god, and her name is Shonda Rhimes. How the two built this L.A. arts center 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Her “limpid trills and transparent pianissimos in all registers are models of the bel canto approach to coloratura singing,” Frederick M. Winship, a critic for United Press International, wrote in 1989. Edita Gruberova, dazzling operatic soprano, dies at 74 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z His death deserves a place among bel canto’s best mad scenes, while Jenna Rubaii’s voice captures Mary Magdalene’s sweetness to tearful effect. Review: A brisk ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ marks the return of Broadway at the Paramount 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Just as Schoenberg sweeps away the tradition of bel canto singing in the vocal part, he vacuums up tonality. Schoenberg knew. When the world goes mad, send in the clowns 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Among them, a rising star starts her digital residency at the Library of Congress, two bel canto superstars sing from Switzerland, and a whole bunch of feathered hats and poofy pants need new homes. A fall haul of high-quality classical music streams 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Censors block comments on some of his instructional videos, in which, sitting at home in a white sweatshirt, he offers energetic tutorials on vocal warm-ups and singing bel canto. A Singing Xi Jinping Look-Alike Battles the Censors in China 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z At a time when musical theater buffs are suffering extreme withdrawal, she’s been a singing cavalry, rescuing the deprived with her Broadway-style bel canto. Patti LuPone braces for theater's long closure: 'I was made tough by this business' 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Now as one of the finest bel canto voices, she will star in the Met’s revival of its “Devereux” production in the fall. Review: Call it the 'Roberto Devereux' jinx. L.A. Opera has to carry on without two stars 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z During her youth, Ms. Freni developed her singing style from the Italian bel canto tradition, which emphasized a natural tone and a supple vocal technique in which the singer showed no strain. Mirella Freni, showstopping opera star for more than five decades, dies at 84 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Giordani was best known for his command of bel canto operas, the later works of the Italian composers Verdi and Puccini, and French operas including Massenet’s “Manon” and Bizet’s “Carmen.” Marcello Giordani, celebrated Italian operatic tenor, dies at 56 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Bartoli has specialized in baroque and bel canto works from the 18th- and early 19th-centuries and favors the use of period instruments rather than the fuller modern orchestra. Cecilia Bartoli talks, again, of US return 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z One piece discussed bel canto singing before touching on Plato and Aristotle, then examined the 18th-century German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and ended with a commentary on the grain trade. Lyndon LaRouche Jr., conspiracy theorist and presidential candidate, dies at 96 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z First developed in the seventeenth century by the Italians—their clear, open vowels suited it perfectly—bel canto does a number of felicitous things at once. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Spanish soprano known for her huge repertoire and bel canto technique, but best remembered for her duet with Freddie Mercury which became the signature song of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Who died in 2018? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z A Spanish opera singer renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2018 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z She was best known, however, for her lyrical singing in the 19th-century Italian bel canto tradition, including works by such composers as Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti and Giacomo Puccini. Montserrat Caballé, Spanish opera star with ‘indescribably beautiful’ voice, dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z All of these qualities made her voice particularly well suited to the bel canto repertory, consisting of elegant, filigreed works by 19th-century Italians like Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Yet bel canto focusses the voice at a frequency more than three times that high—between three and four thousand hertz—so that it can vault over the sound of the orchestra to the audience. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Most loyal opera lovers listen to the music and appreciate the singers who deliver verismo or bel canto with honest charisma and skill. Opinion | Was the dig at opera necessary? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Tomlinson uses the bel canto technique, with its emphasis on breath control and smooth, connected phrasing, to guide the students. Anne Tomlinson on two decades leading the Los Angeles Children's Chorus 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Verdi invigorated the conventions of bel canto with compelling characters, refusing to compromise with what is dramatically crucial yet readily adapting to what is necessary practically to get the opera staged. A Rice-A-Roni 'Rigoletto,' Verdi's opera as a dated San Francisco treat 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z As a result of her prowess in that genre, Ms. Caballé was acknowledged to have helped spur a bel canto revival on opera and concert stages round the world at midcentury and beyond. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Caroline Shaw, for her part, has no interest in forcing her Juilliard students to give up bel canto—to turn their great brass instruments into woodwinds. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Because Soviet authorities preferred to minimize Western European influences on culture, the Times reported, he studied the bel canto traditions of opera independently. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian rock star of opera, dies at 55 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In the bel canto masterpiece set during the Roman occupation of England, Adalgisa is a novice Druid priestess who is devoted to her leader, Norma. Mezzo solves ‘enigma’ in ‘Norma’ 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z A new season dawns at the grander end of Lincoln Center with a David McVicar production of Bellini’s bel canto classic, at 6:30 p.m. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The 2017-18 season of 15 operas, including eight new productions, highlights the Italian opera, in particular the genres of “verismo” and bel canto. Conductor Riccardo Chailly to celebrate 40 years at La Scala 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Yet she feels like a bit of an interloper at Juilliard, the land of bel canto. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “She already had everything—the right time, the sense of rhythm, the right intonation, an incredible Sarah Vaughan type of voice”—a pure bel canto, with exceptional range and precision. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Timeless Jazz 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The seven selections, mostly bel canto arias by Rossini, Donizetti or Bellini, reflect stages of her story, triumphs in vocal competitions or important debuts. Music Review: Pretty Yende debut underscores lyric abilities 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z But putting them on in the same year is a delight for bel canto fans. Sondra Radvanovsky: 'Singing bel canto means living like a nun' 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z “There was hardly any Puccini, there was hardly any bel canto and no verismo.” Conductor Riccardo Chailly to celebrate 40 years at La Scala 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z “In ‘Passacaglia,’ which was written first, the way the voices stretch past bel canto to belting sounds and the yodel break—those two techniques were the ground floor. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In her spare time, Williams is an avid gardener, traveler and music and opera enthusiast who recently began voice lessons in the Italian bel canto style. New Brown v Board site superintendent attracted by history 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The most interesting choice in the album is the “Poison Aria” from Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette,” which requires a heavier lyric voice than bel canto. Music Review: Pretty Yende debut underscores lyric abilities 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Opera at Caramoor, likewise, retains a loyal constituency under Will Crutchfield, with deeply researched presentations that are safely in the bel canto tradition and reliably semi-staged, though open to the odd twist. | Westchester: A Preview of Caramoor International Music Festival, in Katonah 2012-06-16T04:13:19Z He will also conduct Gaetano Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” in the bel canto tradition that emphasizes beautiful singing. Conductor Riccardo Chailly to celebrate 40 years at La Scala 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Wells is hardly alone in rebelling against bel canto. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z He would have pleased the most exacting of modern critics, for he was the true bel canto. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z He became famous for his invention of the laryngoscope about 1850, apart from his position as the greatest representative of the old “bel canto” style of singing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Joan Sutherland's shimmering soprano voice graced opera houses around the world, and the Australian singer helped to spark a revival of bel canto. The Clear Voice of Opera's 'Pied Piper' 2010-10-12T01:53:00Z Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies Ms. Sutherland, 83, helped revitalize an entire repertory of early-19th-century Italian opera of the bel canto school. That's So 19th Century: Demi Moore Rethinks Her Art Collection 2010-10-11T17:02:00Z Yet for most trained singers, bel canto is still a singular focus. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Probably no words have been more abused in music teaching than "bel canto," and probably no words have a more direct meaning or a wider significance. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists I once attended a German performance of Die Walküre with an Italian master of bel canto. The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation "She made the bel canto repertoire sound easy." The Clear Voice of Opera's 'Pied Piper' 2010-10-12T01:53:00Z But, some one will argue, with the passing of bel canto what will become of the operas of Mozart, Bellini, Rossini, and Donizetti? The Merry-Go-Round “Part of my argument with bel canto is that it runs roughshod over intelligibility,” the composer Eve Beglarian told me. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It is a significant fact that practically all of the great singers in Wagner r�les have first been trained in what is so loosely termed "bel canto" methods. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists The greatest genius in opera in this century after Monteverde was Alessandro Scarlatti, of Naples, the principal of the conservatory there, and, we might say, the inventor of the Italian art of singing—bel canto. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The bel canto is, simply, beautiful singing, the result of perfect technique, and is opposed to effects which are not truly artistic, though no doubt often highly expressive to the unmusical and the inartistic. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Fear not, lover of the golden age of song, bel canto is not passing as swiftly as that. The Merry-Go-Round Their underlying technique, known as bel canto, is extraordinarily hard to master. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The reason is that they have not given sufficient attention to bel canto in their early training. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists From the beginning they have insisted that the art of bel canto is lost. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing Is it not disrespectful toward our greatest masters that they always have to play hide and seek with the bel canto, the trill, and coloratura? How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] So, even if, as the ponderous criticasters are continually pointing out, the age of bel canto is really passing there is no actual occasion for grief. The Merry-Go-Round Characterization, dramatic effect, variety of emotional coloring, are all bartered away for sensuous beauty of tone; and hence the distinctive name for Italian singing—bel canto, or beautiful song—is very aptly chosen. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Some of the older singers made bel canto such an art that people came to hear them for their voices alone, and not for their intellectual or emotional interpretations of a r�le. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists There are teachers today who thoroughly understand the art of bel canto. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing Malibran, he attached special importance to the 'singing' tone, and advised his pupils to hear great singers, to listen to them, and to try and reproduce their bel canto on the violin. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers She had the real bel canto, understood the voice, how to use it and the best way to preserve it. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers I, for my part, have never cared much for the bel canto as such, because it is so often wasted on trashy compositions. Chopin and Other Musical Essays In the mass of traditions, suggestions and advice which go to make the "bel canto" style, probably nothing is so important to American students as that which pertains to conserving the voice. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists But to return, I do not say that it is impossible to apply the principles of bel canto to Wagner’s dramatic style of utterance. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing Or is it," she asked, "because the taste has moved from dramatic singing to il bel canto? Sister Teresa And yet, for me, a singer who has mastery of the beautiful art of bel canto, is a great joy. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Music, laughter, the traditions of Italian bel canto, you have no room for them, they are too light, too trifling. Half A Chance They gave their lives to the quest of the "bel canto"; and many of them had difficulty in convincing their pupils that the simplest exercises were often the hardest. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists If the singer has the patience to work the problem out in this way he can apply the principles of bel canto to dramatic singing. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing She is for bel canto and moonlight and the voice of Rome. Together The old Italian operas cultivate the bel canto, that is—beautiful singing. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers There is not much bel canto in his volumes. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century No more bel canto, no more phrasing, no more enunciation! In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters On every side we hear the lachrymose lament that voice training is in a chaotic condition, that bel canto is a lost art, and that the golden age of song has vanished from the earth. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing All the old Italian operas are coming in again, by the way, you know, my dear… Rigoletto, Lucia, Traviata—the bel canto—that sort of thing; there's nothing like it for showing off the voice. Tenterhooks You have remarked lately that 'singers are realizing that the lost art of bel canto is the thing to strive for and they are now searching for it.' Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Her tone-production was more natural, and quite as apparently spontaneous, as that of the wonderful woman who so long upheld the standard of bel canto throughout the world. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time When you have perfect breath control, and distinct, artistic enunciation, you will possess bel canto, because you will produce your tones and your words beautifully. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers He loses the sustained quality of the organ tone, which is the true singing tone, and bel canto is out of the question. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing When we put the words in the voice, in an easy, natural way, we have bel canto. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers I hardly meant to say that in any sense the art of bel canto was lost; how could it be? Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Perhaps, however, his most important quality is his mastery of "bel canto"—pure singing—that art which seems to become constantly rarer on the operatic and concert stage. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Those who have listened to the Roman baritone in the various rôles he has assumed, have enjoyed his fine voice, his true bel canto style, and his versatile dramatic skill. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Not long before she died she said to me: 'Luisa, always keep to the coloratura music, and the beautiful bel canto singing; do nothing to strain your voice; preserve its velvety quality.' Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers |
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