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Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

Information about the composer Vincenzo Bellini and his operas.

Born in Sicily, Italy, Bellini was a child prodigy who wrote his first composition when he was 6. He wrote 10 operas many of which are still regularly performed. Along with «1S:Gaetano Donizetti» and «1K:Gioachino Rossini» he is considered one of the three great Bel Canto opera composers.

Operas (complete):

In chronological order (major works in bold):

Adelson e Salvini - 1825

Bianca e Gernando (Bianca e Fernando) - 1826, 1828

Il pirata - 1827

La straniera - 1829 a

Zaira - 1829 b

I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) - 1830

La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) - 1831 a

Norma - 1831 b

Beatrice di Tenda - 1833

I puritani (The Puritans) - 1834-35