In addition to The Stranger, he also incorporated the rivaling Guelphs and Ghibellines into his reworking of Romeo and Juliet entitled The Capulets and the Montagues.
This composer used a novel by Charles-Victor Prévost as the basis for his opera in which Arturo falls in love with the disguised-queen Alaide, while another of his operas sees Gualtiero survive a shipwreck on Sicily and find his lost love Imogene. In addition to The Stranger, he also incorporated the rivaling Guelphs and Ghibellines into his reworking of Romeo and Juliet entitled The Capulets and the Montagues. Known as the "Swan of Catania", this composer of The (*) Pirate also created operas in which the Royalist Arturo becomes a criminal and Amina almost walks off a mill's bridge after she falls into a trance of somnambulism. This proponent of "bel canto" opera is best known for an opera in which the Roman proconsul Pollione dies in a funeral pyre with the titular Druid priestess. The Puritans and The Sleepwalker are operas by, for 10 points, what Italian composer of Norma?
This composer used a novel by Charles-Victor Prévost as the basis for his opera in which Arturo falls in love with the disguised-queen Alaide, while another of his operas sees Gualtiero survive a shipwreck on Sicily and find his lost love Imogene.
Vincenzo {Bellini}