Tenore di grazia

Tenore di grazia ( Italian, literally: " tenor of ( with ) Grace" ) is an Italian opera term for a tenor type, between the Tenore leggiero: lies and the heavier Tenore lirico ( lyric tenor ) ( in German Game tenor or Tenorbuffo ). The Tenore di grazia is mainly characterized by an elegant ( " graceful " ) lines ( phrasing ), agility and flexibility of the voice guidance and a mostly warm ( " sweet " ) or very light ("white " ) vocal production from (timbre ). The genus of Tenore di grazia originated in the heyday of the romantic bel canto style between about 1810-1850, in which this type often tenor roles of the youthful lover or heroes were meant for. The most famous and gefeierste tenor of the first half of the 19th century, Giovanni Battista Rubini ( 1794-1853 ), was a singer of this type. He sang in several world premieres of works Vincenzo Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti those games that are to this day for the vocal character of Tenore di grazia.

Important and distinctive roles

  • Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini
  • Lindoro in L' italiana in Algeri by Rossini
  • Elvino in La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini
  • Arturo in I Puritani by Bellini
  • Nemorino in L' elisir d' amore by Gaetano Donizetti
  • Ernesto in Don Pasquale by Donizetti
  • Tonio in La Fille du Regiment by Donizetti
  • Fenton in Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi

Significant singer

Romantic music Belcanto Falstaff (opera)
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