What is Vincenzo Bellini?
[[File:Vincenzo bellini.jpg|thumb|Vincenzo Bellini]] '''Vincenzo Bellini''' ([[Catania]], [[November 3]] [[1801]] - [[Puteaux]], near [[Paris]], [[September 23]] [[1835]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[composer]] and [[opera]] [[composer]]. Bellini was well liked for his [[melody|melodies]]. His first success was ''Il pirata'' in 1827. It was followed by ''I Capuleti e Montecchi'' in 1830. Then came his most famous operas ''[[La sonnambula]]'' (1831), ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' (1831) and his last ''[[I puritani]]'' (1835). His second to last work ''Beatrice di Tenda'' (1833) was less successful. Although his operas never left the [[repertoire]], they became popular again in the 1950s due largely to [[soprano]] [[Maria Callas]], followed by [[Joan Sutherland]] in the 1960s. ==Reference== * ''The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta'', James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellini, Vincenzo}} [[Category:1801 births]] [[Category:1835 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century Italian composers|Bellini, Vincenzo]] [[Category:Romantic composers|Bellini, Vincenzo]] [[Category:Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery]] [[Category:People from Catania]] {{Biography-stub}}