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Vincenzo Bellini
Born: 3rd November 1801, Catania, Italy
Died: 23rd September 1835, Puteaux, France
Nationality: Italian
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
Many years later, in 1898, Giuseppe Verdi "praised the broad curves of Bellini's melody: 'there are extremely long melodies as no-one else had ever made before'."A large amount of what is known about Bellini's life and his activities comes from surviving letters—except for a short period—which were written over his lifetime to his friend Francesco Florimo, whom he had met as a fellow student in Naples and with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. Other sources of information come from correspondence saved by other friends and business acquaintances.
Bellini was the quintessential composer of the Italian bel canto era of the early 19th century, and his work has been summed up by the London critic Tim Ashley as:
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Further Reading: Bellini
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Marina Rebeka on Norma
The Latvian soprano discusses recording the title-role in Bellini's masterpiece for her own label Prima Classic - using a new critical edition of the score by Roger Parker, which requires her to sing 'Casta diva' a tone higher than usual!
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Marina Rebeka and Franco Vassallo on Il Pirata
The Latvian soprano and Italian baritone discuss their roles as Imogene and Ernesto in Bellini's early opera, recorded last summer in the composer's native Catania and released on Rebeka's own label Prima Classic last month.
Popular Genres: Bellini
Popular Works: Bellini
- A te, o cara (from I Puritani) (12)
- Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) (30)
- Ah! bello a me ritorna (from Norma) (6)
- Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (from La Sonnambula) (10)
- Ah! Se una volta sola...Ah, non credea mirarti...Ah! non giunge uman pensiero...(from La Sonnambula) (9)
- Almen se non poss'io (7)
- Beatrice di Tenda (13)
- Bella Nice che d'amore (11)
- Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula) (13)
- Casta Diva (from Norma) (133)
- Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) (13)
- Dolente immagine di Fille mia (17)
- Dopo l'oscuro nembo (from Adelson e Salvini) (6)
- Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi) (22)
- Fenesta che lucive (13)
- I Capuleti e I Montecchi (22)
- I Puritani (33)
- Il fervido desiderio (12)
- Il Pirata (12)
- L'abbandono (8)
- La Farfalletta (7)
- La Ricordanza (6)
- La Sonnambula (30)
- Ma rendi pur contento (25)
- Malinconia, ninfa gentile (32)
- Meco all´altar di Venere (from Norma) (9)
- Nel furor delle tempeste (from Il Pirata) (6)
- Norma (52)
- Norma Overture (6)
- O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (36)
- Oboe Concerto in E flat major (31)
- Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (from Il Pirata) (13)
- Per pietà, bell'idol mio (14)
- Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (7)
- Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) (20)
- Torna, vezzosa Fillide (Chamber Aria from Il Pirata) (8)
- Tutto è sciolto...Ah, perchè non posso odiarti (from La Sonnambula) (6)
- Vaga luna che inargenti (29)
- Vanne, o rosa fortunata (24)
- Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (from La Sonnambula) (6)
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