My Choice 781 - Bellini: Prendi l'Anel Ti Dono

Prendi l'anel ti dono (Take the ring I'm offering you) from the Opera La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini. Sing Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Tenor Robert Alagna.

La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe. The first performance took place at the Teatro Carcano, Milan on March 6, 1831.

With its pastoral setting and story, La Sonnambula was an immediate success and is still regularly performed. The title role of Amina (the titular sleepwalker) with its high tessitura is renowned for its difficulty, requiring a complete command of trills and florid technique.

The phrase "Ah! non credea mirarti, sì presto estinto, o fior" from the aria "Ah! non credea mirarti" of La sonnambula is inscribed on Bellini's tomb inside the Cathedral of Catania, Sicily. It is also said that Chopin asked those around to play this Aria while on his deathbed. In English, "I never believed you would fade so soon, oh flower". Bellini faded too soon - he was only 34 when he died of an inflammation in his intestines. He died near Paris but his remains were eventually transferred to the Cathedral in Catania.
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Vincenzo Bellini (1801 -- 1835) was an Italian opera composer. His most famous works are La Sonnambula (1831), Norma (1831) and I Puritani (1835). Known for his long flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania", Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera. Some of his music is absolutely sweet.

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