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  1. 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. His influence is reflected not only in later operatic compositions, including the early works of Richard ...

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  2. Vincenzo Bellini. 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]

  3. Apr 27, 2017 · Vincenzo Bellini (b. 1801–d. 1835) was a leading Italian opera composer of the early 19th century. During his brief yet sensational career, many of his works figured prominently on the principal European stages, and some of them, including Norma, La sonnambula, and I puritani, remain among the works most often performed in the world’s ...

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  5. 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. His first opera was “Adelson e Salvini,” which had its premiere in February of 1825 at the Teatro del Conservatorio di San {…}

  6. Vincenzo Bellini: the well-travelled bel canto composer whose life was cut short - Classical Music. Alexandra Wilson explores the short but lavishly successful life of Vincenzo Bellini, an opera composer feted throughout Europe.

  7. 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.

  8. Jun 11, 2018 · Bellini, Vincenzo. Bellini, Vincenzo, famous Italian composer, a master of bel canto opera; b. Catania, Sicily, Nov. 3, 1801; d. Puteaux, near Paris, Sept. 23, 1835. He was a scion of a musical family; his grandfather was maestro di cappella to the Benedictines in Catania, and organist of the Sacro Collegio di Maria in Misterbianco; his father ...

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