The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights. By Farah Nayeri Mario Bellini, Gaetano Pesce and ...

The politics of centennial observances are tyrannical and unyielding. For the ill-fated composer due for a celebration in the same year as someone whose stock stands higher, no amount of special ...

In late September 1835, 16-year-old Princess Victoria heard her favourite composer had died. "All true lovers of fine music (of which I am one of the greatest)," the future queen wrote in her diary, ...

Is this an opera by Rossini or Bellini? Listening blind, one might be pushed to tell, but from time to time slow, lyrical melodies start to unfold that give away the composer as Bellini, writing his ...

Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, famous for his bel canto era operas, was born into a musical family in Catania, Sicily in 1801. If papers are to be believed, he could sing an aria at 18-months-old ...