Vincenzo Bellini: Italy, Opera, Composer, La Sonnambula, Norma, Bel Canto, Catania, Sicily - Softcover

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Born in Catania, Sicily, Bellini was a child prodigy from a highly musical family and legend has it he could sing an aria of Valentino Fioravanti at eighteen months. He began studying music theory at two, the piano at three, and by the age of five could apparently play well. Bellini''s first five pieces were composed when he was just six years old. Regardless of the veracity of these claims, it is certain that Bellini grew up in a musical household and that a career as a musician was never in doubt.