He enjoyed the added advantage of working closely with Verdi, and his vocalism acquired a discipline and polish that hitherto it had lacked.
32.
In the latter half of the 20th century, the Patiala style of Khayal vocalism has been represented by two streams of the gharana.
33.
He more than held his own in this exalted company, remaining, then as now, the paragon of sophisticated and graceful vocalism.
34.
His singing of songs by Theodore Chanler, Paul Bowles and John Duke proves that robust operatic vocalism can coexist with natural delivery of text.
35.
The lyrical essence of Italian music and vocalism is surely an outgrowth of the language itself, in which smooth, fleet enunciation is paramount.
36.
But in the heyday of the musical, singers understood that songs emanated from speech and that service to lyrics was more important than fancy vocalism.
37.
Strain is now a principal characteristic of his vocalism; on the other hand, he has more to sing about than he did as a young man.
38.
While in Italy, he began by modelling himself on the bel-canto tenor Rubini, whose bravura vocalism was a byword for sweetness and elegiac inflexion.
39.
The bel canto style of vocalism which arose in Italy in the early 19th century supplanted the castrato-dominated " opera seria " of the previous century.
40.
In particular, the composer expressed reservations about Tamagno's softer singing, though not about the power and ring of his vocalism in dramatic passages of the score.
