Tenore di grazia

Tenore di grazia, also called leggero tenor[a] (graceful, light, and lightweight tenor, respectively), is a lightweight, flexible tenor voice type.[2][3] The tenor roles written in the early 19th-century Italian operas are invariably leggero tenor roles, especially those by Rossini such as Lindoro in L'italiana in Algeri, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, and Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia; and those by Bellini such as Gualtiero in Il pirata, Elvino in La sonnambula and Arturo in I puritani.[4][5][6] Many Donizetti roles, such as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore and Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Tonio in La fille du régiment, are also tenore di grazia roles. One of the most famous leggero tenors of that period was Giovanni Battista Rubini, for whom Bellini wrote nearly all his operas.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "The Tenor Voice – Lyrischer (hoher) tenor (c to c)", ipasource.com
  2. ^ Soreanu, Cristina. "Nineteenth Century’s Donizettian Singers and their Contribution to the Development of the Vocal Technique." Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VIII: Performing Arts 2 (2014): 124–130.
  3. ^ Enrico Stinchelli (2002). Le stelle della lirica: i grandi cantanti della storia dell'opera. Gremese Editore. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-88-8440-192-2.
  4. ^ Kent Carlson (2000). The leggero tenor in opera: 1754–1793. Garri Editions.
  5. ^ Richard Boldrey; Janet Bookspan; Carol Kimball (1992). Singers' edition, operatic arias: soubrette. Pst. ISBN 9781877761034.
  6. ^ George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood (2000). Opera. Rolls House Publishing Company.
  7. ^ Walker, Evan. "The Fable of Adolphe Nourrit." Journal of Singing 64.4 (2008): 411.
  8. ^ Nicholas Till (18 October 2012). The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies. Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0-521-85561-7.
  9. ^ Storia della musica. Editoriale Jaca Book. 1995. pp. 296ff. ISBN 978-88-16-43917-7.


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