Geschichte Des Belcanto

Celletti Geschichte des Belcanto

GERMAN TEXT

An eloquent, vivid presentation of one of the most important chapters in the history of opera, focussing on the development of the singing voice itself.

Bel canto stands for an epochal concept in which the taste, sensuality and heightened imagination of the Baroque period are musically condensed.  Italian music theatre models the fantastic counter-world of melodrama along the lines of a ‘poetics of the marvellous’. The hour of bel canto strikes on its stage.

Rodolfo Celletti, music critic and opera expert, journalist and writer, distils the musical essence of bel canto in a way that is as eloquent as it is knowledgeable, using outstanding vocal roles and their most impressive interpreters.

His captivating essay reveals to the reader the opulent, all-sensory richness of baroque music theatre.

- Format 23,0 x 15,0 cm