A Note on Bel Canto
The term refers to a manner of singing but also to a body of work dating to the first half of the 19th century. What are the genres, features and terminology associated with this school?
Adelaide di Borgogna: ossia Ottone, re d’Italia (1817)
Adelaide di Borgogna (Adelaide of Burgundy)
Opera in Two Acts
(With additions by Michele Carafa)
Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt
Enrico di Borgogna (1818)
Opera in 2 acts, first performed 14 November 1818
Il falegname di Livonia (1819)
Comic Opera in 2 Acts
Zoraida di Granata (1822)
Heroic Opera in Two Acts
Libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli
La zingara (1822)
Melodrama Semiserio in 2 Acts
Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola
La lettera anonima (1822)
Farce in One Act
Chiara e Serafina, ossia Il pirata (1822)
Opera Semi-seria in 2 Acts
Libretto by Felice Romani
Alfredo il grande (1823)
Serious Melodrama in 2 Acts
Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola
Emilia di Liverpool (1824)
Drama Semiserio in 2 Acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Ceccherini