Vincenzo Bellini

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Grave of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, (Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Quartier du Père-Lachaise, 20th arrondissement
Paris, July 2006

“Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named ‘the Swan of Catania’. Many years later, in 1898, Giuseppe Verdi praised the broad curves of Bellini's melody: ‘there are extremely long melodies as no-one else had ever made before’. A large amount of what is known about Bellini's life and his activities comes from surviving letters—except for a short period—which were written over his lifetime to his friend Francesco Florimo, whom he had met as a fellow student in Naples and with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. Other sources of information come from correspondence saved by other friends and business acquaintances.” (Vincenzo Bellini, Wikipedia)