Vincenzo Bellini (Composer)
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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Interview,
Marina Rebeka and Franco Vassallo on Il Pirata
25th October 2021
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.
Interview,
Daniele Rustioni on Bellini's Adelson e Salvini
2nd March 2017
The young Italian conductor talks to Katherine about recording Bellini's first opera, due for release tomorrow on Opera Rara.
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Popular Works: Bellini
- A te, o cara (from I Puritani) (11)
- Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) (33)
- Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (from La Sonnambula) (11)
- Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei (from I Puritani) (8)
- Ah! Se una volta sola...Ah, non credea mirarti...Ah! non giunge uman pensiero...(from La Sonnambula) (8)
- Almen se non poss'io (7)
- Beatrice di Tenda (12)
- Bella Nice che d'amore (12)
- Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula) (14)
- Casta Diva (from Norma) (138)
- Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) (10)
- Dolente immagine di Fille mia (22)
- Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi) (27)
- Fenesta che lucive (14)
- I Capuleti e I Montecchi (23)
- I Puritani (34)
- Il fervido desiderio (15)
- Il Pirata (13)
- L'abbandono (9)
- La Farfalletta (9)
- La Ricordanza (7)
- La Sonnambula (32)
- Ma rendi pur contento (24)
- Malinconia, ninfa gentile (39)
- Meco all´altar di Venere (from Norma) (8)
- Nel furor delle tempeste (from Il Pirata) (6)
- Norma (56)
- Norma Overture (7)
- O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (34)
- Oboe Concerto in E flat major (30)
- Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (from Il Pirata) (11)
- Per pietà, bell'idol mio (17)
- Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula) (6)
- 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) (10)
- Vaga luna che inargenti (34)
- Vanne, o rosa fortunata (28)
- Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (from La Sonnambula) (6)
- Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna (from I Puritani) (7)
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