But in frequent recitals and concert performances the bel canto tenor also includes Peruvian and Latin American music.

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It would be interesting to see how this production of "Elisir" would work with more persuasive bel canto singers.

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"Das Liebesverbot" ("The Ban on Love, " 1836) translates Shakespeare's misanthropic comedy "Measure for Measure" into a kind of Teutonic bel canto.

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Indeed, the ensembles, which are key in this opera, often sound muddy and unfocused, and Maurizio Benini, the conductor, did a pedestrian job without supplying any bel canto lightness.

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Tina has four standout arias, tracing her awakening to life and feeling after years in the shadows, as the Lodger seduces her to get access to the papers. (Their a cappella duet at the end of Act I is an ingenious piece of writing.) As Juliana, the fierce Alexandra Deshorties slipped easily from embodying the young opera diva, warbling bel canto-style coloratura, to the old crone.

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