Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". Many years later, in 1898, Giuseppe Verdi "praised the broad curves of Bellini's melody: 'there are extremely long melodies as no-one else had ever made before'."
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3 November 1801 Catania, Sicily
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Died |
23 September 1835 (aged 33)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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