Canon
Where to start with Bellini
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
StageNorma — Opera
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Vocal6 Ariette da camera, for voice and piano
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OrchestralOboe Concerto in E flat major
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KeyboardOrgan Sonata in G
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StageI Puritani — Opera
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StageIl Pirata — Opera
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StageLa sonnambula
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Vocal9 Versetti da cantarsi il Venerdi Santo, for 2 tenors and orchestra
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VocalA palpitar d'affanno — Song
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StageAdelson e Salvini — Opera
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StageBeatrice di Tenda — Opera
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StageBianca e Fernando — Opera
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VocalDalla guancia scolorita for 2 voices and piano
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VocalDolente immagine di figlia mia — Song
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StageErnani,
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Bellini's catalogueMost Popular
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Norma
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La sonnambula
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I puritani
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Casta diva (from Norma)
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La straniera
Most Acclaimed
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Norma
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I puritani
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La sonnambula
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Il pirata
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Beatrice di Tenda
Most Weird
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Adelson e Salvinihis first opera — student work, almost never performed
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Oberto di San Bonifaciowrong composer — that is Verdi; Bellini: Il pirata has unusually dark harmonies
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La stranieraopera — the heroine is a mysterious woman whose identity nobody can reveal; dark and unusual for bel canto
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Beatrice di Tendaopera — the librettist sued Bellini during rehearsals
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I puritani Act IIIthe mad scene — Elvira has gone insane; Bellini died before the premiere
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 35
- Stage
- ● Norma — Opera
- I Puritani — Opera
- Il Pirata — Opera
- La sonnambula
- Adelson e Salvini — Opera
- Beatrice di Tenda — Opera
- Bianca e Fernando — Opera
- Ernani,
- I Capuleti e i Montecchi — Opera
- La Straniera — Opera
- Zaira — Opera
- Vocal
- 6 Ariette da camera, for voice and piano
- 9 Versetti da cantarsi il Venerdi Santo, for 2 tenors and orchestra
- A palpitar d'affanno — Song
- Dalla guancia scolorita for 2 voices and piano
- Dolente immagine di figlia mia — Song
- Fenesta che Lucive — Song
- Il fervido desiderio — Song
- L'abbandono
- L'allegro marinaro
- La farfalletta — Song
- La ricordanza
- Mass in A minor, for soloists, chorus and orchestra
- Mass in D major, for chorus and orchestra
- Mass in G major, for soloists, chorus and orchestra
- Mass in G minor, for soloists, chorus and orchestra
- Quando incise su quel marmo
- Questa è la valle
- Salve Regina for baritone, and orchestra in F minor
- Sogno d'infanzia
- Torna vezzosa Fillide — Song
- Vaga luna, che inargenti — Song
- Orchestral
- Oboe Concerto in E flat major
- Symphony in D
- Keyboard
- Organ Sonata in G