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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A style of operatic singing characterized by full, even tones and a brilliant display of vocal technique.

Wiktionary

  1. n. music An elegant style of singing characterized by beautiful tone and an effortless technique.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Music) a cantabile style of operatic singing characterized by purity and evenness of tone, and a precise but brilliant vocal technique displaying ease and agility.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a style of operatic singing

Etymologies

  1. Italian beautiful singing (Wiktionary)
  2. Italian : bel, bello, beautiful + canto, singing. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • skipvia From Wikipedia: Bel canto singing characteristically focuses on perfect evenness throughout the voice, skillful legato, a light upper register, tremendous agility and flexibility, and a certain lyric, "sweet" timbre. Operas of the style feature extensive and florid ornamentation, requiring much in the way of fast scales and cadenzas. Bel canto emphasizes technique rather than volume: an exercise said to demonstrate its epitome involves a singer holding a lit candle to her mouth and singing without causing the flame to flicker. Feb 3, 2008

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