Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini
(1801–1835) was an Italian opera composer. A native
of Catania in Sicily, his greatest works are I Capuleti
ed i Montecchi (1830), La sonnambula (1831), Norma
(1831), Beatrice di Tenda (1833), and I puritani
(1835). Known for his long-flowing melodic lines, for
which he was named "the Swan of Catania", Bellini was
the quintessential composer of bel canto opera. He died
in Puteaux, France at the age of 33, nine months after
the premiere of his last o...(+)
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini
(1801–1835) was an Italian opera composer. A native
of Catania in Sicily, his greatest works are I Capuleti
ed i Montecchi (1830), La sonnambula (1831), Norma
(1831), Beatrice di Tenda (1833), and I puritani
(1835). Known for his long-flowing melodic lines, for
which he was named "the Swan of Catania", Bellini was
the quintessential composer of bel canto opera. He died
in Puteaux, France at the age of 33, nine months after
the premiere of his last opera, I puritani.
Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by
Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after
Norma, ossia L'infanticidio (Norma, or The Infanticide)
by Alexandre Soumet. First produced at La Scala on 26
December 1831, it is generally regarded as an example
of the supreme height of the bel canto tradition.
"Casta diva" was one of the most familiar arias of the
nineteenth century.
Although originally composed for Opera, I created this
arrangement for Concert (Pedal) Harp.
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