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Composer of the Week: Bellini

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Donald Macleod uncovers the stories of some of Bellini's relationships. Bellini's charm and good looks made him popular with ladies, but he never married, partly because he had a long affair with the wife of one of his friends.
Sogno d'lnfanzia Veronika Kineses (soprano), Lorant Szucs (piano) Final Scene (Bianca e Fernando)
Young Ok Shin (soprano), Gregory Kunde (tenor), AurioTomicich (bass), HaijingFu (baritone), Armando Caforio (bass),
Bellini Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrea Licata
Beatrice di Tenda (excerpt) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Cornelius Opthof (baritone), LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge
/ Puritani (excerpt) Montserrat Caballe
(soprano), Julia Hamari (mezzo),
Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Agostino Ferrin (bass). Stefan Elenkov (bass), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia, conductor Riccardo Muti

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Veronika Kineses
Soprano:
Gregory Kunde
Baritone:
Armando Caforio
Conductor:
Andrea Licata
Soprano:
Joan Sutherland
Soprano:
Cornelius Opthof
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Soprano:
Julia Hamari
Tenor:
Alfredo Kraus
Tenor:
Agostino Ferrin
Bass:
Stefan Elenkov
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Source: Radio Times

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