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Vincenzo Bellini
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One of the most important composers of Italian opera in the early 19th century who died near Paris at the height of his success. Bellini's influence was not confined to opera and Chopin owes much to him, particularly in his handling of melody. Although Bellini is remembered chiefly for his highly popular operas, he also composed various instrumental and sacred vocal works and his Oboe Concerto is relatively popular. 
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Bellini achieved recognition as a significant operatic composer in 1827 when "Il Pirata" was staged at La Scala in Milan. Other operas by Bellini include "I Capuletti ed I Montecchi" based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; the highly popular and complicated "La Sonnambula" produced in Milan in 1831; his most dramatic opera "Norma" staged at La Scala at the end of the same year, and the final work, "I Puritani" staged in Paris in 1835.
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