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Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was a Sicilianoperacomposer. Known for his flowing melodic lines, Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera. As a master of the varied possibilities of the voice, Bellini teased out the proficiencies for vocal production and created a novel art which culminated in the bel canto style. Bellini perceived a dual purpose for vocal works; first for the development of the aria and vocal piece within the opera or context of the song, and second, for the wider context of presenting that opera or musical drama as a symbol of the beauty of human accomplishment within the arts.

Biography

Born in Catania, Sicily, in 1801, Bellini, unusually blond and blue-eyed, a throw-back to his antecedents in central Italy, was a child prodigy from a highly musical family, not unusual for the child of an organist and both his father and grandfather were known composers. Legend has it he could sing an air of Valentino Fioravanti at 18 months, began studying music theory at two, the piano at three, an

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Vincenzo Bellini

Italian opera composer (1801–1835)

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (; Italian:[vinˈtʃɛntsosalvaˈtoːrekarˈmɛːlofranˈtʃeskobelˈliːni]^ⓘ; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer^[1]^[2] famed for his long, graceful melodies^[3] 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. He wrote his first opera, Adelson e Salvini (1825), for the conservatory, and his next, Bianca e Fernando (1826), on a Teatro di San Carlo-affiliated commission for p

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Vincenzo Bellini Composer

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. Bellini always put first in his work the quality of the melody, the search for dramatic expression and the portrayal of emotions. His early death (he died in 1835) deprived the history of a musician who could have become Verdi's only great rival.

Raised in Naples, he studied composition with Giovanni Furno, Giacomo Tritto and Niccolo Zingarelli. He had not yet completed his studies when he created a small opera entitled Adelson e Salvini (1825) on the conservatory stage. Almost immediately he was commissioned to write Bianca e Fernando (1826) for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The piece was so well received that Bellini was immediately invited to compose Il pirata (1827) for La Scala in Milan, which was a great success.

Bellini went on to compose La straniera (The Foreign Woman), Zaira and I Capuleti e i M