The styles of singing in richard wagner and giuseppe verdi operas differ. jane says that the style of singing in a verdi opera is virtuosic and elaborate. lynn says that the style of singing in a wagner opera is more syllabic. who is correct in describing the different styles of singing?
a. both jane and lynn are correct.
b. neither jane nor lynn is correct.
c. only jane is correct.
d. only lynn is correct.
the correct answer is a. both jane and lynn are correct.

A. Italian Romanticism was marked by the glorious Belcanto tradition, which means virtuosic singing, with many ornaments and cadences. Although Verdi is not a typical Belcanto composer, he still employed those practices and treated the voice like an elaborate instrument. Wagner, on the other hand, didn't put divas and divos in the first place. He cared about the internal dramatical unity of an opera as a whole, so his operas are more (but not completely) syllabic - that is, the music is composed in accordance with the rhythm of speech.