Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini. was an Italian opera composer. A native of Catania, Sicily, his greatest works are considered to be I Capuleti ed i Montecchi, La sonnambula, Norma, Beatrice di Tenda, and I puritani.
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; his work has been summed up by the London critic Tim Ashley as:
...also hugely influential, as much admired by other compose...
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