Bel canto
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Bel canto —with several similar constructions —is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. Bel canto was not only seen as a voc
Bel canto–era composer Gioachino Rossini
Hand-written note by contralto Marietta Alboni about the decay of bel canto in the late 19th century. The French text reads: "The art of singing is going, and it will only revert with the sole real music of the future: that of Rossini. Paris, 8 February 1881." (signature)
Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913), a leading Paris-based teacher of bel canto sopranos
Maria Callas
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Maria Callas was an American and Greek soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice, and dramati
Bel canto
…significantly after World War II with the advent of a group of enterprising orchestral conductors and the emergence of a fresh generation of singers such as Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Leyla Gencer, Montserrat Caballé, Beverly Sills and Marilyn Horne, who had acquired bel canto techniques. These artists breathed new…
Callas in 1958
The apartment house in Athens where Callas lived from 1937 to 1945
Callas with her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini in 1957
The Villa in Sirmione where Callas lived with Giovanni Battista Meneghini between 1950 and 1959