▁during ▁this ▁period : ▁" Every one ▁followed ▁the ▁same ▁school , ▁the ▁same ▁f ash ions , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁they ▁were ▁all ▁im it ators ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁lum inary ▁.... ▁If ▁I ▁was ▁a ▁follow er ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁man ▁from ▁P es aro , ▁so ▁was ▁everyone ▁else " ▁▁ ▁After ▁Ross ini ▁moved ▁to ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 4 , ▁Pac ini ▁and ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁( G ia como ▁Meyer be er , ▁Nicola ▁V ac ca i , ▁M iche le ▁Car af a , ▁Carlo ▁C oc cia , ▁V inc en zo ▁Bell ini , ▁Ga et ano ▁Don iz etti , ▁the ▁brothers ▁Feder ico ▁and ▁Luigi ▁Ric ci , ▁and ▁Sa ver io ▁Mer c ad ante ) ▁collect ively ▁began ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁Italian ▁opera ▁and ▁took ▁bel ▁cant o ▁singing ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁direction . ▁Or ch estr ation ▁became ▁heav ier , ▁color atura ▁was ▁reduced , ▁especially ▁for ▁men ' s ▁voices , ▁and ▁more ▁importance ▁was ▁placed ▁on ▁lyr ical ▁path os . ▁While ▁there ▁were ▁exceptions , ▁rom antic ▁leads ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁ten ors ▁( in ▁Ross ini ' s ▁time , ▁they ▁were ▁frequently ▁s ung ▁by ▁alto ▁or ▁mez zo - s op rano ▁women ). ▁Villa ins ▁became ▁bass es ▁or ▁later ▁bar it ones ▁( while ▁they ▁often ▁were ▁ten ors ▁for ▁Ross ini ). ▁Over ▁time , ▁far ▁more ▁emphas is ▁was ▁placed ▁on ▁the