Vincenzo Bellini
Born: 3rd November 1801, Catania, Italy
Died: 23rd September 1835, Puteaux, France
Nationality: Italian
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer famed for his long, graceful melodies and evocative musical settings. A central figure of the bel canto era, he was admired not only by the public but also by many composers who were influenced by his work. His songs balanced florid embellishment with a deceptively simple approach to lyric setting.
Born to a musical family in Sicily, he distinguished himself early and earned a scholarship to study under several noted musicians at Naples' Real Collegio di Musica. There he absorbed elements of the Neapolitan School's style and was inspired by performances of Donizetti's and Rossini's operas, among others, in more modern idioms.
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Marina Rebeka on Norma
18th Nov 2024
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
25th Oct 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.
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Popular Works: Bellini
- A te, o cara (from I Puritani) (11)
- Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) (32)
- Ah! bello a me ritorna (from Norma) (6)
- Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (from La Sonnambula) (11)
- Ah! Se una volta sola...Ah, non credea mirarti...Ah! non giunge uman pensiero...(from La Sonnambula) (10)
- 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) (14)
- Casta Diva (from Norma) (134)
- Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) (14)
- Dolente immagine di Fille mia (19)
- Dopo l'oscuro nembo (from Adelson e Salvini) (6)
- Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi) (23)
- Fenesta che lucive (13)
- I Capuleti e I Montecchi (22)
- I Capuleti e I Montecchi: Overture (8)
- I Puritani (34)
- Il fervido desiderio (13)
- Il Pirata (15)
- L'abbandono (8)
- La Farfalletta (7)
- La Ricordanza (6)
- La Sonnambula (31)
- Ma rendi pur contento (25)
- Malinconia, ninfa gentile (34)
- Meco all´altar di Venere (from Norma) (8)
- Norma (53)
- Norma Overture (6)
- O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (37)
- Oboe Concerto in E flat major (34)
- Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (from Il Pirata) (13)
- Per pietà, bell'idol mio (15)
- Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (6)
- Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) (19)
- Torna, vezzosa Fillide (Chamber Aria from Il Pirata) (8)
- Vaga luna che inargenti (30)
- Vanne, o rosa fortunata (24)
- Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (from La Sonnambula) (6)
- Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna (from I Puritani) (6)
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