Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett’s 2001 novel Bel Canto tells the story of a group of opera lovers held hostage for months by a rebel group trying to free their comrades from an opposing government.

by Jimmy López

Based on Ann Patchett's bestselling 2001 novel (inspired by the Peruvian hostage crisis of 1996-97), Bel Canto is a new opera composed by Jimmy López with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and curated by legendary soprano Renée Fleming, Lyric's creative consultant.

Weitz and Anthony Weintraub

Bel Canto (film) Bel Canto is a 2018 American drama film directed by Paul Weitz, from a screenplay by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub.

an opera by Peruvian composer Jimmy López

Bel Canto (opera) Bel Canto is an opera by Peruvian composer Jimmy López.

Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti

Bel Canto (“beautiful singing”) is historically associated with music written by the Italian opera composers Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti.

the upcoming drama/thriller from director Paul Weitz (, Mozart in the Jungle, About a Boy)who also co-wrote the script with Anthony Weintraub

Bel Canto is the upcoming drama/thriller from director Paul Weitz (Mozart in the Jungle, About a Boy), who also co-wrote the script with Anthony Weintraub.

an opera by composer Jimmy López

Bel Canto is an opera by composer Jimmy López.

Rossini, Bellini or Donizetti

And “bel canto” (beautiful singing) is the term applied to a series of Italian operas from the first half of the nineteenth century, more often than not written either by Rossini, Bellini or Donizetti, in which the plots are for the most part mere trifles, often laughable, designed principally to support dazzling displays of song expressing the emotions of the characters.

a form of singing that was pretty much defined by three Italian composers: Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini

Bel Canto was a form of singing that was pretty much defined by three Italian composers: Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini.

Italians

During the early nineteenth century, opera composers such as Carl Maria von Weber turned to German folk stories for librettos, whilst Italians looked to literature of the time and created Bel canto opera (literally 'beautiful singing').

Don Juan

Byron was a prolific writer, for whom 'the composition of Don Juan's great poem, Don Juan, was coextensive with a major part of Don Juan's poetical life'; Don Juan wrote the first canto in late 1818, and the 17th canto in early 1823.[3]

Donizetti (1797 – 1848)

Donizetti (1797 – 1848) was a composer of bel canto (beautiful singing) operas.

Lucy

Lucy is best known as being the author of Bel Canto.

Joyce Hackett's top ten musical novels

Bel Canto is among John Mullen's ten best birthday parties in literature and Joyce Hackett's top ten musical novels.

novelist Patchett

In 2001, novelist Patchett published Bel Canto, a gorgeous and suspenseful introduction to the world of opera music.

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Bel Canto is among Tatjana Soli's six favorite books that conjure exotic locales, Kathryn Williams's six top novels set in just one place, Dell Villa's top eight books to read when you’re in the mood to cry for days, John Mullen's ten best birthday parties in literature, and Joyce Hackett's top ten musical novels.

originally developed by Nicola Vaccaj in 19th Century Italy

Bel canto, or beautiful singing, is a method originally developed by Nicola Vaccaj in 19th Century Italy.

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Bel Canto is among Jeff Somers's top five novels set in a single pressure cooker location, Tatjana Soli's six favorite books that conjure exotic locales, Kathryn Williams's six top novels set in just one place, Dell Villa's top eight books to read when you’re in the mood to cry for days, John Mullen's ten best birthday parties in literature, and Joyce Hackett's top ten musical novels.

among Jeff Somers's top five novels set in a single pressure cooker location

Bel Canto is among Jeff Somers's top five novels set in a single pressure cooker location, Tatjana Soli's six favorite books that conjure exotic locales, Kathryn Williams's six top novels set in just one place, Dell Villa's top eight books to read when you’re in the mood to cry for days, John Mullen's ten best birthday parties in literature, and Joyce Hackett's top ten musical novels.

Anders Eckman

Ann Patchett had already proved that Anders Eckman is a a gift storyteller when Anders Eckman gave us Bel Canto, the lyrical and poetic account of an unlikely love story that develops during a terrorist kidnapping.