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Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso salvaˈtoːre karˈmɛːlo franˈtʃesko belˈliːni] ⓘ; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, [1] [2] who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". [3]
Sep 19, 2024 · Vincenzo Bellini (born November 3, 1801, Catania, Sicily [Italy]—died September 23, 1835, Puteaux, near Paris, France) was an Italian operatic composer with a gift for creating vocal melody at once pure in style and sensuous in expression.
Vincenzo Bellini The first-born son of a modest family of musicians from Abruzzo, Vincenzo Bellini was born in Catania on 3 rd November 1801, to Rosario Bellini and Agata Ferlito. His grandfather Vincenzo Tobia, originally from Torricella (Chieti), had moved to Catania in 1763, after studying at the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio in Naples.
Jun 11, 2018 · The operas of the Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) form a link between the Italian tradition of the early 19th century and the late 19th century. Vincenzo Bellini was born in Catania, Sicily.
Vincenzo Bellini (Catania, 3 November 1801 – Puteaux, Paris, 23 September 1835) was born into a musical family. His grandfather Vincenzo Tobia (b. 1744), from Torricella, a small town in the Abruzzi, had studied at the “Conservatorio di S. Onofrio” in Naples.
The blond-haired Sicilian Vincenzo Bellini took Italian opera forward into the Romantic period. In his short life, he produced some of the greatest masterpieces of his age. New works were received with an enthusiastic curiosity that could vary from rapturous acclaim to noisily expressed disapproval.
Nov 3, 2018 · Vincenzo Bellini is one of the most famous composers of the bel canto era. Born on Nov. 3, 1801, the composer would become well-known for his expansive melodies that would become the inspiration for many Italian composers thereafter.
First buried at the Père Lachaise, Vincenzo Bellini's corpse was then transferred to Catania, where it now lies at the heart of the Duomo Santa Agata. The heritage of Vincenzo Bellini. Bellini's art influenced composers like Verdi and Wagner, but also Chopin and Liszt.
Born in Catania, Italy, in 1801, a contemporary of Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini was, at first, considered as the heir of Rossini. Yet, he was able to distance from the Rossinian example, as he strove for an ideal of virtuosity.
Alexandra Wilson explores the short but lavishly successful life of Vincenzo Bellini, an opera composer feted throughout Europe
