Known for his use of long-flowing melodic tunes, Vincenzo Bellini was fondly called "the Swan of Catania". Bellini always strived for clarity and elegance in his melodic music.
He introduced a large number of cantabile, aria-like passages into his repertoire. His expressive range reaches far beyond the delicate, elegiac aspects of his music, which have quite often been over-emphasized.
A classic Sicilian pizza - the Norma, was named from La Norma , one of the most famous operas by Vincenzo Bellini.
