BELLINI, VINCENZO

(1801-35), Sicilian composer; b. Catania; studied at Naples; first operas, Adelson e Savina (1825) and Bianca e Fernando (1826), were both produced at Naples; I] Pirata (1827), produced at Milan, was his first distinct succe , and was followed by (1830); La Sonnambula (1831); Norma (1831), and I Puritan i (1835). town, Ticino, Switzerland, on St. Gotthard railway; formerly fortified; three castles. Pop. 10,400.