Bel Tempo

WEST VIRGINIA BASKETBALL: ; WVU wins 76 Classic; Tournament MVP Butler leads the way against Portland
Charleston Gazette; 11/30/2009; 1194 words; ...finished with 15 to lead his team, but the shutdown established tempo. "We didn't make any shots early," said WVU coach Bob Huggins...Virginia favorite son and NBA logo Jerry West, who lives in nearby Bel Air. His son Jonnie had a career-high 11 points in WVU's...

Making It Real
Opera News; 11/1/2009; 836 words; ...coda and final cadenza. Conductor Marco Armiliato keeps the tempo flowing here, as throughout the recital, taking some of the...repertoire, one favoring the drama, one emerging from an extended bel canto tradition. Supposedly the singers who created these roles...

Her voice is commanding, and so is her presence ; Renowned Polish contralto takes on role of Tancredi
The Boston Globe; 10/18/2009; 1377 words; ...effect by Mozart and later by the masters of the so-called "bel canto" style, such as Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini. In...be calculating how to measure my breath or to fight over the tempo with conductors. As Tancredi, I can develop a character, and...

Reviews
The Irish Times; 9/4/2009; 798 words; ...execution were allied to assured navigation of the ever-switching tempos. Four items by Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini and Puccini - all...the promising and personal affinity she's forging with the bel canto style, however, was something of a revelation. The...

Mattia Battistini: King of Baritones and Baritone of Kings
Opera News; 9/1/2009; 768 words; ...Press, 456pp. $85 The term "bel canto" is used so freely and...Stylistically, especially with regard to tempo and rhythm, Battistini was a...as an avatar of simon-pure bel canto, was also washed over...singing verismo he'd still follow bel canto precepts. Battistini...