Preface (Isolde Schmid-Reiter, Aviel Cahn)

Belcanto: Perspectives on a Multifaceted Term/ Thomas Seedorf

Orators of Recitative: Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Principles of Delivery for Modern Singers/ Robert Toft

"Singing in a Flower Box": Don Pasquale's Exceptional Quartet and Luigi Lablache's Art of the Comic Performance/
Céline Frigau Manning

The New Belcanto. A Paradigm Shift in Composing for Voice around 1850/ Sieghart Döhring

The Demise of Belcanto? A Look at Pauline Viardot-García's Workshop/ Sabine Henze-Döhring

Belcanto Turn? The Artistic Legacy of Maria Callas/ Arnold Jacobshagen

Belcanto as a Challenge for Contemporary Singers/ Daniela Barcellona, Peter Berne, Elsa Dreisig, Moshe Leiser, in conversation with Aviel Cahn

Portrayals of Female Figures in Belcanto Operas - Dramaturgic Outlines in Operas of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti/ Susanne Vill

Staging Belcanto Operas in the Twenty-First Century/ Emanuele Senici

Edita Gruberová's Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century/ Claudio Vellutini

How can Virtuosity and Credibility on Stage be Combined?/ Aviel Cahn, Mariame Clément, Moshe Leiser, Damiano Michieletto, Andrea Sanguineti, in conversation with Guy Cherqui

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