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Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was a Italian opera composer. A native of Catania in Sicily, his greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi (1830), La sonnambula (1831), Norma (1831), Beatrice di Tenda (1833), and I puritani (1835). 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. He died in Puteaux, France at the age of 33, nine months after the premiere of his last opera, I puritani.
Born in Catania, Sicily, Bellini was a child prodigy from a highly musical family and legend has it he could sing an aria of Valentino Fioravanti at eighteen months. He began studying music theory at two, the piano at three, and by the age of five could apparently play well. Bellini's first five pieces were composed when he was just six years old. Regardless of the veracity of these claims, it is certain that Bellini grew up in a musical household and that a career as a musician was never in doubt.
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma (2011)
Anna Netrebko - Norma Casta Diva (Vincenzo Bellini)
Maria Callas Casta Diva from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
"I Puritani" di Vincenzo Bellini (opera completa) - Opera di Firenze 28-01-2014
Vincenzo Bellini - Missa in E-minor
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma : Sinfonia dell'Opera
[HD] "Casta Diva" Norma - Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini - Sinfonia in re minore - II. Allegro con spirito
I CAPULETI & MONTECCHI - VINCENZO BELLINI - 2008 ( PARIS ) PART 1
LA SONNAMBULA - VINCENZO BELLINI - 2008 ( CAGLIARI )
Casta Diva 1954 - Vincenzo Bellini´s life
Cecilia Bartoli - Ma rendi pur contento (Vincenzo Bellini)
Cecilia Bartoli - Vaga luna (Vincenzo Bellini)
Anna Netrebko - Casta Diva (Norma by Vincenzo Bellini)
Actors: Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (actor), Béla Pfundt (producer), Béla Pfundt (composer), Béla Pfundt (director), Béla Pfundt (editor),
Plot: You Better Believe It, parodies the world of unknown mysteries. This particular short features Encounters, a witty tongue and cheek look at an array of eleven characters sharing their unusual encounter with extraterrestrials. For starters, Dr. Jessie Windthropp, Britain's renowned psychologist-ufologist investigator, hypnotically retrogresses cleaning woman Chloreno Javo, who was hired by an alien family to clean their saucer due to a depletion of cleaning staff on their planet. Others include Fast Eddie Dwayne Gilbert, a burned-out hippie, psychic wannabe from Sedona, who channels to aliens with a table hockey game; Lance Lather Larock,a film-TV costume designer was hired by aliens to design their entire wardrobe; and Tandouri Hatti Baneer, by chance managed to fed some starving aliens whilst en route delivering Indian food.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Isa Barzizza (actress), Goffredo Alessandrini (miscellaneous crew), Augusto Di Giovanni (actor), Alberto Farnese (actor), Aldo Silvani (actor), Emma Baron (actress), Franca Bettoia (actress), Liliana Gerace (actress), Siro Marcellini (director), Vera Molnar (actress), Eduardo de Santis (actor), Nadia Bianchi (actress), Elena Kleus (actress), Eugenia Bonino (actress), Enrico De Mellis (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Memmo Carotenuto (actor), Andrea Checchi (actor), Renato Malavasi (actor), Giuseppe Porelli (actor), Lauro Gazzolo (actor), Fosco Giachetti (actor), Roldano Lupi (actor), Antoine Balpêtré (actor), Marcello Mastroianni (actor), Claudio Ermelli (actor), Julien Carette (actor), Mimo Billi (actor), Gabriele Ferzetti (actor), Gustavo Serena (actor), Maurice Ronet (actor),
Plot: Nel 1807, a Milano, Giovanni Ricordi, dopo aver comprato a Lipsia una nuova stampante, in cambio dell'impegno a lavorare gratis per il Teatro La Scala, ottiene tutti i manoscritti musicali che giacciono negli scantinati del Teatro. Ha inizio così la dinastia musicale della Casa Ricordi che vediamo svolgersi per tutto l'ottocento con Giovanni e Tito e Giulio e con i grandi dell'opera italiana: da Rossini a Bellini con la sua morte precoce, da Donizetti a Verdi e alla sua crisi all'avvento della musica nuova di Wagner, per finire il secolo con Puccini all'ombra della torre Eiffel.
Keywords: composer, family-relationships, italian-music, italy, music-publisher, musical-number, opera, opera-singer, printer, record-companyActors: Carmine Gallone (writer), Antonella Lualdi (actress), Marina Berti (actress), Nino Vingelli (actor), Nadia Gray (actress), Dante Maggio (actor), Paola Borboni (actress), Fausto Tozzi (actor), Camillo Pilotto (actor), Lauro Gazzolo (actor), Jacques Castelot (actor), Jean Richard (actor), Maurice Ronet (actor), Luigi Tosi (actor), Agenore Incrocci (writer),
Plot: Appena diplomato al conservatorio di Napoli, Vincenzo Bellini incontra Maddalena Fumaroli e immediatamente si innamora di lei. Per farle un ritratto musicale scrive la romanza "Casta Diva" di cui le fa omaggio. Bellini è l'allievo più promettente del Conservatorio, ma desidera solo tornare in Sicilia e vivere con Maddalena. Rifiuta quindi l'offerta della famosa cantante Giuditta Pasta di andare a Milano con lei. Maddelana non vuole però che vincenzo rinunzi alla fama e lo lascia. Bellini parte allora per Milano con Giuditta dove ha successo con l'opera "Il Pirata" e si incontra-scontra con Donizetti. Maddalena è però sempre nel suo cuore e per questo lascia Giuditta e scrive un'opera aspra, "Norma", che non ha successo. Maddalena, saputolo, porta a Giuditta la romanza "Casta Diva" che viene aggiunta all'opera e la porta al successo. Bellini corre a Napoli, ma Maddalena, malata, è in fin di vita ed egli arriva troppo tardi per vederla.
Keywords: composer, opera, remake, sicily, singerActors: Thea von Harbou (writer), Rossano Brazzi (actor), Nicola Maldacea (actor), Armando Migliari (actor), Amilcare Pettinelli (actor), Aldo Silvani (actor), Renzo Rossellini (composer), Fernando Tropea (editor), Rina Morelli (actress), Guido Brignone (director), Thea von Harbou (writer), Gustav Diessl (actor), Loris Gizzi (actor), Renato Cialente (actor), Tomaso Smith (writer),
Plot: A beautiful singer, Maria Malibran, is forced to turn to the stage after her husband takes to gambling, and goes to Paris where she falls in love with a famous violinist. When her money-seeking husband reappears, the couple go to London, where they find happiness. A composer falls in love with Maria but when his affections are unrequited, he becomes broken, takes to drinking and dies.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Loris Gizzi (actor), Felice Minotti (actor), Umberto Mozzato (actor), Carlo Tamberlani (actor), Osvaldo Valenti (actor), Germana Paolieri (actress), Roberto Villa (actor), Piero Ballerini (writer), Piero Ballerini (editor), Piero Ballerini (director), Luisella Beghi (actress), Anita Farra (actress), Max Calandri (editor), Loredana (actress), Domenico Valinotti (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Felix Aylmer (actor), Edmund Breon (actor), Donald Calthrop (actor), Edward Chapman (actor), Peter Gawthorne (actor), Phillips Holmes (actor), Arnold Pressburger (producer), Walter Reisch (writer), Emlyn Williams (writer), Gerdago (costume designer), Carmine Gallone (director), Fernando Tropea (editor), Benita Hume (actress), Mártha Eggerth (actress), Basil Gill (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Liana Del Balzo (actress), Oreste Bilancia (actor), Fernando Tropea (editor), Vasco Creti (actor), Carmine Gallone (director), Giuseppe Amato (producer), Gerdago (costume designer), Achille Majeroni (actor), Walter Reisch (writer), Lamberto Picasso (actor), Giulio Donadio (actor), Gino Viotti (actor), Maurizio D'Ancora (actor), Carlo Simoneschi (actor), Mártha Eggerth (actress),
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