BELCANTO 18TH CENTURY
PERIOD SET TV SERIES FROM ITALY
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| Belcanto started airing on RAI February 28th |
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| Belcanto consists of eight episodes |
THE STORY OF THE SERIES FOLLOWS
14-year-old Carolina (Adriana Savarese), her 17-year-old sister Antonia (Caterina Ferioli)
and their mother Maria (Vittoria Puccini) who seek refuge in the
city of Milan after stabbing
their violent father to death.
The elder sister dreams of becoming a renowned singer, much as her
mother once hoped for when she was the girl’s age. However, an unhappy
and often violent 
marriage waylaid
young Maria, who is now willing to go the extreme lengths to ensure
that her daughter is afforded every opportunity withheld from herself.
Maria’s intense focus on the beautiful elder sister leaves little
attention or
affection for young and ugly Carolina however, who more modestly only
dreams of
earning her mother’s affection. Things go upside down however when a
well-respected singing teacher in the cosmopolitan city renowned for its
music discovers that Maria’s youngest is the true talent in the family.
The
Italian bel canto opera movement flourished in the early 19th
century and is exemplified by the operas of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti
and others. Literally “beautiful singing”, bel canto opera derives from
the Italian stylistic singing school of the same name. Carmine Recano, Giacomo Giorgio, Vincenzo Ferrera and Nicolo Pasetti also star in the historical series.
marriage waylaid
young Maria, who is now willing to go the extreme lengths to ensure
that her daughter is afforded every opportunity withheld from herself.
Maria’s intense focus on the beautiful elder sister leaves little
attention or
affection for young and ugly Carolina however, who more modestly only
dreams of
earning her mother’s affection. Things go upside down however when a
well-respected singing teacher in the cosmopolitan city renowned for its
music discovers that Maria’s youngest is the true talent in the family.
The
Italian bel canto opera movement flourished in the early 19th
century and is exemplified by the operas of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti
and others. Literally “beautiful singing”, bel canto opera derives from
the Italian stylistic singing school of the same name. Carmine Recano, Giacomo Giorgio, Vincenzo Ferrera and Nicolo Pasetti also star in the historical series.
How could two sisters look so completely different? Not that I think the younger one looks ugly...but they are so different. The younger one is even with black hair...
ReplyDeleteI'd blame it on the terrible casting, Savarese looks nothing like her mother and sister in the series and the actress herself has zero radiance and charisma, just a wooden dead zombie face basically, not sure how she got the role
Deletedifferent fathers, one took 100% from the mother, the other from father #2. Btw is an awfull series, a Mare Fuori reunion
DeleteIt does look a bit on an awful side mostly because of that actress, cannot imagine myself watching her for 8 episodes, will just focus on Leopard and El Turco.
DeleteA minha irmã adora séries de época, Dezmond 20% de audiência é bom? Abraços.
ReplyDeleteYes, more than 22% of viewership in the country tuned in to each episoda.
DeleteObrigado pela informação Dezmond.
DeleteBe welcome
DeleteI've never watched anything like this. The dresses are pretty colors though.
ReplyDeleteUS does not do a lot of costume dramas.
DeleteI'd need someone to lend me any kind of singing voice, not just for opera LMAO. I even annoy myself when I sing.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a stunning singing voice, but alas I do not, I can barely speak with mine let alone sing. But I do lead a very quiet life so my vocal cords are dead. It is good for the lungs for us to sing around the house every day at least when we are alone.
DeletePft, I didn't say I didn't sing, I just said I'm terrible at it. My poor family is subjected to my singing daily. Mostly to the animals, but they love it. The humans, not so much.
DeleteAnimals do love songs, love seeing cows and donkeys when people sing to them at Facebook.
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