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===''La sonnambula'': Milan, March 1831===

Returning to Milan after the ''Capuleti'' performances, little occurred until the latter part of April when changes began to appear in the management of La Scala. The organisation, "Crivelli and Company" which had managed both that house as well as La Fenice, was negotiating with a triumvirate consisting of Count [[Pompeo Litta Biumi|Pompeo Litta]] and two businessmen, their immediate concern being the engagement of singers and composers for La Scala. In order to contract with Bellini, he had to be released from his obligation to Venice; this was achieved by Litta buying out the Venice contract. When Bellini laid out his terms for writing for Milan, Litta gave him a very favourable response: "I shall earn almost twice as much as if I had composed for Crivelli [then the Venetian impresario]" he noted in a letter to his uncle.<ref>Bellini to Vincenzo Ferlito, April 1830, in {{harvnb|Weinstock|1971|pp=87–88}}</ref>