As generally understood today, the term bel canto refers to the Italian-originated vocal style that prevailed throughout most of Europe during the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Bel canto, style of operatic singing that originated in Italian singing of polyphonic (multipart) music and Italian courtly solo singing during the late 16th century. Masters of bel canto included …

2016年10月16日 · Bel canto literally translates to “beautiful singing,” and it was a popular singing style in Italian opera from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. The three kings of bel canto – …

2025年3月18日 · Opera - Italian, 19th Century, Bel Canto: The remarkable musical achievements of the classical Viennese style during the late 18th and early 19th centuries threatened to …

‘Bel canto’ means, literally, ‘beautiful singing’. If only it were that simple. As so often with artistic concepts, bel canto bears out a remark by the decidedly non-operatic Joni Mitchell: ‘you don’t …

2008年11月28日 · Here is one opera lover’s attempt to explain bel canto as I understand it, along with recommendations of a few recordings.

2012年3月28日 · Literally, bel canto means "beautiful singing" in Italian, but it's so open-ended that it's come to mean anything from the lyrical trend in Roman cantatas from the 1640s to any …

Bel canto is a way of singing in opera. It comes from the Italian, meaning "beautiful singing". Bel canto singing means singing beautifully, flexibly and smoothly, delivering high and low notes in …

2025年2月19日 · Bellini’s fame was closely bound up with the bel canto style of the great singers of his day. He was not a reformer; his ideals were those of Haydn and Mozart , and he strove …

2019年3月28日 · 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?” And I’m brought up short. The …