An Italian term meaning "beautiful singing," it refers to the elegant Italian vocal style of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The operas of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti are examples of the bel canto style, although the term was in common usage earlier.
(Ital. for "beautiful singing") : The prevailing vocal ideal in solo vocal music from the Baroque forward. Bel canto singing values long phrases, technical virtuosity in matters of speed and register, and carefully cultivated beauty.
(bell CON-toe) Literally “beautiful song†or “beautiful singing.†The traditional art of Italian singing, which emphasizes beautiful tone, elegant phrasing and flawless technique. The period of bel canto opera flourished in the middle of the 19th century in the works of Rossini, Donizetti and especially Bellini.
Italian for "beautiful singing." A Bel canto is a style of opera in which the human voice receives more importance than the words or even the story.
(Italian) — Literally, "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song". Bel canto passages are long, smooth and lyrical. While beautiful singing should occur in all operas, it is especially important in works of the nineteenth century. Rossini's Cinderella is a typical bel canto opera.
(1) A manner of singing (from the Italian 'beautiful singing') originally exhibited by Italian singers of the late 18th century emphasizing smoothness and beauty of sound throughout the full vocal range (2) Italian opera of the first half of the 19th century, so named because of its emphasis on vocal virtuosity in closed numbers.
Italian phrase literally meaning "beautiful singing". A traditional Italian style of singing emphasizing tone, phrasing, coloratura passages, and technique; also the operas written in this style.
Literally the term "bel canto" is Italian for "beautiful song". Generally it refers to the "Italian" style or technique of singing, that flourished in the mid 19th century. The focus of the technique is beautiful tone, phrasing, and articulation.
Italian for "beautiful singing." In a bel canto style opera, the beauty of singing is more important than the plot or the words.
"Beautiful singing," a lyrical, fluid vocal style of the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries
Singing that focuses on beautiful sound, not on acting or emotion. It's characterized by ornate vocal style.
"Beautiful singing"; elegant Italian vocal style characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility, smoothness and purity of tone.
(bell CON-toe) Literally, "beautiful song," the traditional art of Italian singing which emphasizes elegant phrasing, beautiful tone and brilliant technique; the period of bel canto opera flourished in the middle of the 19th century, in the works of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti.
A style of singing prevalent in the 17th-18th centuries, characterized by beautiful tone, lyricism, and brilliant, florid vocal technique.
the long lost art of singing properly
A style of singing that brings out the sensous beauty of the voice.
Meaning "beautiful singing," a fluid and lyrical vocal style popular in the mid-17th to mid-19th centuries. The singing takes precedence over the words or plot.
A style of singing developed in Italy during the Renaissance, characterized by brilliant vocal ornamentation and purity of tone.
(Italian, ‘fine singingâ€(tm)) a term loosely used to indicate the elegant Italian vocal style of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The operas of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti are commonly considered examples of the bel canto style, although the term was in common usage earlier.
An Italian term for "beautiful singing" used to describe an early 19th-century operatic style which emphasized vocal purity and agility.
Literally, "beautiful singing." The term can refer to a type of opera that features this expressive style of singing or the actual singing itself, which packs an emotional wallop and features lots of embellishments. (See coloratura )
(It.: "beautiful singing"). The term was not in common usage until around 1880, when it may have been used in reaction to the Wagnerian vocal style. In present usage it usually refers to the Italian singing methods of the 17th and 18th centuries with its emphasis on virtuosity and beauty of tone.
Bel Canto is a Norwegian music trio fronted by Anneli Drecker. Signed originally to Nettwerk Records, their style has evolved over time from a gothic ethereal sound to synth-based pop influenced by world music.
Bel Canto is a 2001 novel by American author Ann Patchett, published by Perennial, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. It was awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2002.