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Composer of the Week: Bellini

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Donald Macleod continues his survey of the life and works ofVincenzo Bellini. In
1827, the 26-year-old Bellini arrived in Milan, where he met the man who would become the other half of one of the most successful operatic partnerships ever-the librettist Felice Romani.
Un Ritratto?... Sventurato il CorChe Fida
(La Straniera) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Conrad (tenor), LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge
Amo edAmata lo Sono (Zaira)
Yvonne Kenny and Lynne Dawson
(sopranos), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir,
Philharmonia, David Parry (conductor) / Capuleti e / Montecchi (Final Scene)
Eva Mei (soprano), Vesselina Kasarova
(mezzo), Umberto Chiummo and Simone Alberghini (basses), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Roberto Abbado
Beatrice di Tenda (Finale) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Felice Romani.
Soprano:
Joan Sutherland
Tenor:
Richard Conrad
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Unknown:
Yvonne Kenny
Sopranos:
Lynne Dawson
Conductor:
David Parry
Soprano:
Eva Mei
Soprano:
Vesselina Kasarova
Soprano:
Simone Alberghini
Conductor:
Roberto Abbado
Soprano:
Joan Sutherland
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Source: Radio Times

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