Vincenzo Bellini
The Places in question are included in the "Regional Map of Places of Identity and Memory" (LIM) established by the Region of Sicily with DA n. 8410 of 03/12/2009
The reference sector is that relating to the "Places of personalities of musical culture" Vincenzo Bellini - 1801 -1835 - composer
The places included in the IWB: Birthplace at the Gravina Crujllas Palace
Son of an organist and harpsichord teacher, he was initiated by his father to study music: at the age of seven he already composed, among other things, a tantum ergo it's a Hello Regina. Eighteen, he went to Naples where in three years he completed his studies with G. Furno, C. Conti, G. Tritto and N. Zingarelli. Six symphonies belong to this period (in the Italian style, i.e. in a single time), two masses, one cantata and various romances. In 1825, at the theater of the conservatory of S. Sebastiano, B. gave his first opera, Adelson and Salvini, is in the 1826, at S. Carlo, the second, Bianca and Fernando. In 1827 a new work, commissioned by the impresario Barbaia for La Scala in Milan, The pirate (based on a text by F. Romani, who became his brotherly friend and collaborator), aroused enthusiasm in the Milanese circles. In 1828 he recovered in Genoa Bianca and Fernando (reworked) and this too received great acclaim, as later (1829) a new work, based on a text by Romani, The Stranger, at the La Scala theater. Honors began for him, but also envy and slander. Unfortunately he himself seemed to justify them by giving (1829 in Parma) a hasty one Zaira (text of the Romani), condemned by the public. The rematch came quickly with The Capulets and the Montagues (Venice, 1830), and especially with The Sleepwalker represented in 1831 at the Carcano in Milan with a triumphal outcome. A failure instead had the Standard (always on the text of the Romani, composed and represented in 1831 alla scala), but the work was later welcomed with enthusiasm in Milan itself, in Bergamo, etc. Follow (1833) at the Fenice in Venice, with little success, the Beatrice di Tenda. In 1833 B. was invited to direct his works in London and Paris. In London the triumphed Standard; in Paris (1834), his works were highly applauded and B. enjoyed a brief moment of happiness there: the love of Maria Malibran, the friendship and esteem of the greatest artists and poets (including G. Rossini and H. Heine). In Puteaux (1834), with thoughtful slowness he composed i Puritans, on libretto by C. Pepoli, performed at the Théâtre italien in Paris in 1835, with a triumphal outcome. Eight months later B. died. More lyrical than dramatic art, that of B., with a pure and clear melodic line, devoid of extrinsic complexity, where harmonies, counterpoints and instrumental effects have value only in terms of singing. (Text source: Encilopedia Treccani)
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