Abstract
ABSTRACT The new Italian vocal style that arrived in Britain at the end of the seventeenth century with teachers such as Pietro Reggio and Pier Francesco Tosi – and which soon became regarded as the epitome of vocal expertise – was the sound of italianità as much as it was a pragmatic mode of vocal production. My intention in this article is to trace emerging patterns of Italian singing teachers who settled (sometimes only briefly) in Britain, and explore their impact and influence on ideas of singing. Beyond Reggio and Tosi, particular attention will be given to later prominent Italian musicians resident in London (Domenico Corri, Gesualdo Lanza and Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari in the early 1800s; Alberto Randegger and Paolo Tosti in the early 1900s) and the degree to which they challenged or accommodated British vocal culture within their teaching of Italian style and technique.
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