How Did Bellini Build The Norman Dream

These operas were composed during his years in Milan which ultimately earned him international fame. In 1830, Bellini was struggling with his health. Intestinal inflammation was the major concern to his physical. Many his friends and later critics praised his determination and resilience among ill time. According to Herbert Weinstock, the young was spending more than 14 hours a day on composition. Bellini’s short life was devoted to creating long lasting opera pieces. During April to May in 1830, Bellini secured his next two years with new contracts of operas. In his state of mind, he could devote himself to writing operas without hesitation again. Ultimately, he was doing his best under his health condition to fulfill his financial responsibility
【P.89, Herbert Weinstock, Vincenzo Bellini: His Life and His Operas, Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, 1971 New York 】Frequently, Bellini wrote letters to families, friends and colleagues. The survived letters, and memoirs. Many times, Bellini expressed his struggle to secure opera contracts through his career. He expressed his worries often in his letters and articles. And fortunately, his prayer was answered. Norma was completed on time, but the premiere was greeted by audience with disappointment. As the Norma played along in theater, it started to receive critical response. Eventually, Norma became one of Bellini’s classic. 【p222-223, Stelios Galatopoulos, “Bellini: Life, Times, Music, 2002, Published by Sanctuary Publishing Limited, London United Kingdom,】The worries the man had may have altered the course of composition style to accommodate impresario and audience to achieve
During his last years in Paris, he met many revolutionaries, composers and poets, notably Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Frederic Chopin. In some time around April 15, 1834, Bellini started to compose another masterpiece-I Puritani. As the same time, he learned Theatre-Italien formed a partnership with Gaetano Donizetti. This news put Bellini in pressure to compete Donizetti for publicity and fame. Worth noting that I Puritani parted away with long time librettist Felice Romani after many years of friendship and partnership. In Bellini’s last work, he was struggling to find the new librettist to complete his work. In early 1834, Bellini moved to Puteaux to finish up yet unnamed I Puritani. It took some time before Bellini decided to bring librettist Carlo Peopli on board. The harsh and demanding personality of the Bellini was found to be the secret formula to achieve his greatness in opera history. Pursing of perfection of romanticism through music and libretto can be identified as one of Bellini’s great traits, but sometimes it could be intimidating to others. The consistency and intuition that Bellini pursued in librettist style ultimately leave us great bel canto from time to reflect the social movement, and opera development in early 19th century. In 1835, Bellini crafted his last piece of his greatness — I puritani. 【P. 163, Herbert