The lost art of bel canto—Italian for “beautiful singing”—will be revived on stage at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence, R.I., on Oct. 31, ending the month and season tour of Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra. But there is a twist: the vocalists will be performing original compositions with lyrics in Chinese.
Bel canto is characterized by a beauty and evenness in tone, sometimes called the soul of music in its expression. Today, that genuine upper-range technique is rarely found anywhere in the world.
