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Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini, the master of bel canto , died prematurely at the age of 33, leaving a legacy of operas that continue to grace the repertoire, including La sonnambula and Norma, composed at the end of his life. In the family of Vincenzo Bellini, born in Catania, Sicily, on November 3, 1801, music was handed down from one generation to the next. His grandfather was master of the Benedictine chapel and organist, as was his father, who gave him his first piano lessons at the age of three. By the age of six, the boy was composing the cantata Gallus cantavit for soprano and organ. H...