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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Bel Canto"”.
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The Translator's (In)visibility in Ann Patchett's Bel Canto
… <p>Ann Patchett's 2001 award-winning novel <em>Bel Canto </em>explores the way translation functions in contemporary global society. Through the microcosm of the novel, the main character, a professional translator named Gen, suggests that the acceleration of globalization that has contributed …
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A Performance Guide for Thomas Pasatieri's Bel Canto Songs for Voice and Piano
… is a performance guide to Thomas Pasatieri’s Bel Canto Songs for Voice and Piano. Thomas Pasatieri is a well-known American art song and opera composer, who has also worked extensively as a film score orchestrator for major movie titles. The poet for the text in Bel Canto Songs is English …
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Bel canto rarities: a performance guide to rarely performed tenor arias from the works of Gaetano Donizetti
<p>The subject of this dissertation is rarely performed tenor arias from operas of Gaetano Donizetti. Each of the arias chosen for this document was selected on the basis of its quality within the canon of Donizetti’s works in contrast with its deficient representation in the repertoire of the …
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Kunstdiva versus Stimmediva Callas and Sutherland in Bellini’s Norma
… between interpretative and vocal ability in bel canto opera, which is traditionally considered as the principal domain of the Stimmediva. The dissertation includes a survey of the characteristics of bel canto, Bellini’s contribution to it and the performance history of his opera Norma. …
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The Spanish Language as a Conceptual and Corrective Tool in the Classical Vocal Technique
… on Spanish lyric diction and the Italian bel canto school of singing. The second part specifies how the sounds of the Spanish language can enhance singing technique, regardless of the poetic language. The third part studies how Spanish sounds can be a corrective tool in bel canto training. …
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… and arias symbolic of the Baroque style, to the Bel canto form of singing recitative and aria in the 19th century. This includes as well, the Romantic Lieder and Art songs that find themselves within the 20th century too. Vocally demanding, the singer finds themselves while switching from Baroque …
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The Record Producer in Maltese Music: A Critical Reflection
… of three albums, produced with different Maltese bel canto artists and classical musicians, and reflects on the experiences and challenges during the making of these records.<br/><br/>This research examines the cultural constraints and phenomena that are experienced during the making of classical …
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On Becoming
… years of using the human voice in a specific (Bel Canto) manner – ‘emphatic voice use’ (Clarke, 2016), traditional European compositional and orchestration techniques came to an end. These changes have dramatically affected how communities practice and relate to music and commercial musical …
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Bow Articulations in the Late Galant (1775–1812): An Analysis of Bow Strokes in Selected Violin Sonatas of Mozart and Beethoven
… towards the ideals of <em>cantabile </em>and <em>bel canto</em> shifts the aesthetic trend of bowing towards seamless bow changes, <em>sostenuto</em> sound, and other intricate and nuanced bow techniques. These composers advanced the violin sonata genre, and their understanding of bow technique …
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Estelle Liebling: An exploration of her pedagogical principles as an extension and elaboration of the Marchesi method, including a survey of her music and editing for coloratura soprano and other voices.
… of voice teachers devoted to the ideals of the bel canto. Turning out over seventy-five Metropolitan Opera stars over the fifty-plus year span of her teaching career, she was regarded during her lifetime as one of the most distinguished voice teachers in America. Her editions, compositions, and …
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Ornamentation of Italian Vocal Music of the Eighteenth Century According to Pietro Francesco Tosi and Giovanni Battista Mancini
… eighteenth century are reflected in the title Bel Canto ascribed to this period. The contemporary musical scene reveals performances attempting to perpetuate the virtuosity of the performers of this period and to recapture their style. Unfortunately, the aura of legend and mystery surrounding …
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“Teachers should have knowledge of different types of music”: a case study of culturally sustaining pedagogy in three high school choral programs
… teach Western European classical repertoire and bel canto vocal technique, both based on a Eurocentric paradigm (Good-Perkins, 2021b). This paradigm, however, is unlikely to be appropriate for students who are versed in diverse musical cultures (Carlow, 2006; Gustafson, 2008). The resulting …
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The contemporary classical singer : why new music is necessary in 21st-century vocal pedagogy
… expected to perform in a variety of styles from bel canto to contemporary classical, musical theater, experimental, pop, etc. This shift from specialized technique to pluralistic embrace has been compelled by a number of factors: increased social awareness and criticism of classical music’s …
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Beyond Italian Opera. Manuel García in postcolonial Mexico City (1826-1828)
… the composition and performance of Italian bel canto in Latin America in the early nineteenth century as a complex process that, by welcoming yet also challenging the cultural authority of Europe, helped to shape new American identities.
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The voice of Samson: an exploration of the vocal writing in Gilbert Duprez’s opera Samson
… training brought him success not only in the bel canto repertoire, but he was afforded roles and had immense success singing roles in the French Grand Opera repertoire. The era in which Duprez’s career skyrocketed was significant in operatic history. The nature of his vocal maturity inspired …
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Till Coffee Do Us Part
… vocalists employ spoken words, Sprechstimme, and bel canto. The story is meant to mirror and exaggerate real life, bringing into sharp focus how trivial events can explode out of control. Some might say this is “un‐operatic,” but take many classic operas and compare the plots, especially how …