Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini Sheet Music

  • Born: 3rd November 1801
  • Died: 23rd September 1835
  • Birthplace: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. A native of Catania, 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.