The Life of Bellini (Musical Lives)
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Vincenzo Bellinis physical beauty boundless success and untimely death at the age of thirty-three combined to give him instant mythical status. In John Rossellis new account the first in English in twenty-five years of his life and music a more accurate view of Bellini emerges. Carefully sorting through fact legend and even spurious documentation Rosselli reassesses Bellinis personality his relationships and his short but dazzling career in Naples Milan and Paris. He introduces the operatic world of the early nineteenth century the singers of Bellinis roles and above all he explains the writing and performance of the operas themselves. What emerges from this level-headed biography is a portrait of an otherwise normal young man with uncommon musical gifts.
