Word: tosi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wrote the famed castrato soprano Pier Francesco Tosi in his book Observations on the Florid Song, which was the basic handbook for opera singers during the 18th century. In those days singers freely ornamented composers' scores with their own improvised embellishments in a style known as bel canto (literally, "beautiful singing") To today's purists, who worshipfully preach note-for-note fidelity to the composer the style is strictly bellow canto. Nevertheless, performances in opera houses and on recordings are now being laced with so many variations on old arias that Tosi would sing...
...Tosi's. Route 94, south of St. Joseph, Mich. Owner Emil Tosi features Italian dishes, makes his own pasta. Specialty of the house: veal cordon bleu with truffles. Great pride taken in wine list. Before the meal, cocktails in an Italian garden with fountains and statuary...