bel canto
Noun
Meaning
a style of operatic singing
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By doing this, Mercadante sounded what was to be the death knell of the age of bel canto.
It is a key characteristic of the bel canto singing style that prevailed among voice teachers and singers during the 18th century and the first four decades of the 19th century.
La straniera is rare among bel canto operas in that it offers remarkably few opportunities for vocal ostentation.
Most sopranos, however, add ornamentation to demonstrate their technical ability, as was the tradition in the bel canto period.
No longer was there the empty vocal display of the bel canto period composers.
The prolonged, climactic coloratura mad scene for Lucia in Donizetti 's 1835 bel canto opera Lucia di Lammermoor is based on what in the novel were just a few bland sentences.