Bel Canto Themes

All you need is love. Maybe. But just what is love in Bel Canto? Falling head over heels? Being moved to rapture by someone's ability to create something beautiful, like, say, opera? Being touched...

It's a fair bet most people kidnapped by terrorists would probably be thinking more about the SWAT team than their favorite singer. But Bel Canto is pretty sure that music can do something for us w...

Maybe it's the Grand Canyon, maybe it's the Pacific Ocean, maybe it's Steph Curry, or maybe it's opera. Bel Canto seems to be telling us that everyone is amazed by something. That sense of awe and...

Spirituality and religion overlap in Bel Canto, but they're not completely the same. Maybe we could say that spirituality involves the same kind of awe and amazement as making or appreciating art....

Like art, language is one of the main ways humans connect with each other and form a community. That's definitely a big deal in Bel Canto, as people who might never meet in other circumstances lear...

Trapped by terrorists, the hostages start plotting out their careers…um, sort of. But one of the fascinating things about Bel Canto is the way that being cooped up in a hostage situation does mak...

Whether it happens at summer camp, on vacation, or in the pages of a book, maybe you've had the experience of discovering an entire new world to explore. That's what happens to almost everybody in...

Soccer games. Cooking together. Getting the whole group in one room for a concert. Sounds like a classic small town. Or what happens after a terrorist takeover, at least in Bel Canto's world. Unlik...