Vincenzo Bellini

Italian opera composer (1801–1835)

  • Fame57.5
  • Momentum0.0
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Lived 1801–1835, aged 34Italy
ItalyItalyMusiciansSinger / Musician
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    62 languages
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  • Era
    1801–1835
    Aged 34
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

The composer who wrote operas that made Wagner — Wagner — praise how beautifully music could serve words. Bellini's long, graceful melodies defined bel canto and drew admiration from Verdi, Liszt, and Chopin, even as he died at 33.

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Born into a musical family in Sicily in 1801, Bellini earned a scholarship to Naples' Real Collegio di Musica, where he studied the Neapolitan School and watched Rossini and Donizetti operas ignite the stage. His first opera, Adelson e Salvini, was written for the conservatory in 1825; the next year came Bianca e Fernando, commissioned for promising students. Milan's La Scala came calling, and Il pirata in 1827 launched a career that would burn bright and brief. I Capuleti e i Montecchi, La sonnambula, and Norma followed in quick succession between 1830 and 1831, the last ascending only gradua…

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Albums

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  • 15 Songs for Voice & Piano – Italian Musical Backing Tracks for Classical Singers
    2021
  • Ancient Organs in Gioi
    2019
  • Momento immobile
    2018
  • Adelson e Salvini
    2017
  • Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Arias From Tristano e Isotta, Norma, I puritani
    2014
  • 8 Symphonies for Orchestra
    2009
  • Una furtiva lagrima: Donizetti & Bellini Arias
    2003
  • Symphonic Organ Music 2
    2000
  • Scenes and Arias from "La Sonnambula" for Soprano and Orchestra
    1999
  • Grosse Oboenkonzerte
    1999
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Source confidence70.0
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  • Wikipedia
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    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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