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