Bellini's most consistently inspired opera, director Orpha Phelan tells us, has been set on a pedestal. Well, a pedestal would have been good for the titular Druid high priestess to deliver her ...

San Francisco Opera celebrates the opening of its 92nd Season on Friday, September 5, 2014 with a gala performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, conducted by San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola ...

If you want to see an opera based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” head for Gounod’s version of the piece. with its famous waltz and series of duets. Bellini’s I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI is not it.

On opening night of Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” at West Bay Opera, I found myself mesmerized by the music The orchestra performed beautifully under the baton of José Luis Moscovich, as always at West ...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) became one of the greatest composers of ‘bel canto’ operas – he has also given his name to a cocktail and inspired a Sicilian pasta dish. But what are the ingredients of a ...

Shakespeare has nothing to do with Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” which is based on a different version of the Romeo and Juliet story. But let’s quote the Bard anyway: “O Romeo, Romeo, ...

This charming short film takes us deep into the forest to enjoy a nocturnal opera, performed by an ensemble of beautifully animated woodland creatures. Maestro by Illogic Studios and Bloom Pictures is ...

ll pirata (The Pirate) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act mélodrame from 1826. This play was itself based upon a ...