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| | Vincenzo Bellini Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801, Catania, Italy - September 23, 1835, Puteaux, Paris, France) was an Italian opera composer. |
 | | Foremost a lyricist, Bellini, for many opera aficionados, was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera. |
 | | Bellini was a child prodigy and legend has it he could sing an air of Firoavanti at eighteen months, began studying music theory at two, the piano at three, and by the age of five could play well. |
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