Every so often, when I’m pontificating about opera, in print or in person, a reader or an editor will ask me, “But what exactly is bel canto?” And I’m brought up short. The quickest answer is, “It ...
Who do they think they are, these people who want to teach us our trade? We know it ever so much better than they do. Let composers stick to their méetier and let us do ours! Composers who write out ...