Romanticism · Italy
1801 – 1835
Catania - Puteaux (Paris)
Review
Formed in the conservatory of Naples, he found in the librettist Felice Romani his great collaborator. His long and expressive melodies were admired by Chopin and Verdi.
He died near Paris at only 33 years old, a few months after the triumph of I puritani. Norma, with your aria «Casta diva»It's one of the peaks of the song.
Main works
- Il pirata (1827)
- I Capuletti and i Montecchi (1830)
- La sonnambula (1831)
- Standard (1831)
- Beatrice di Tenda (1833)
- I puritani (1835)
