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Vincenzo Bellini: a true Sicilian

As a true Sicilian man, I would like to explain the personality of Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835) in a different point of view from the routine of music and historical criticism that you are used to read in magazines. To date, in … Continue reading

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I Puritani in Melbourne

I Puritani Music by Vincenzo Bellini The art of bel canto is given new life by Victorian Opera in this rare concert performance. Thursday 2 July 2015, 7:30pm In Italian with English surtitles Hamer Hall Bellini’s masterpiece, set against the … Continue reading

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BELLINI “I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI” at La Fenice Theater in Venice

BELLINI “I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI” Venice: La Fenice Opera House Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber Director: Arnaud Bernard Sets: Alessandro Camera Costumes: Maria Carla Ricotti   CAST Cappelio Rubén Amoretti Giulietta Jessica Pratt (14, 16, 18, 20) Mihaela Marcu (15, … Continue reading

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“I Puritani” at the Opera de Paris

THE PURITANS MELODRAMMA SERIO IN THREE PARTS (1835)   MUSIC BY VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835) LIBRETTO BY CARLO PEPOLI Performed in Italian 25 November 2013 at 19:30 30 November 2013 at 19:30 03 December 2013 at 19:30 06 December 2013 at … Continue reading

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TACONIC OPERA DEBUTS THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS OPERA, “NORMA”

TACONIC OPERA DEBUTS THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS OPERA, “NORMA” Opening its sixteenth season in Westchester, Taconic Opera will debut Bellini’s famous masterpiece, Norma, in Yorktown and White Plains. No other opera has received as much attention and acclaim as the … Continue reading

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Conductor Riccardo Frizza leads the rehearsal for Norma at the Metropolitan Opera.

NORMA Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min. Only the greatest of sopranos are up to the challenge of Bellini’s crowd-pleaser of bel canto fireworks, which is why Sondra Radvanovsky, followed by Angela Meade, is cast in the title role. … Continue reading

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