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Upon his arrival, Bellini wrote to his new friend Santocanale in Palermo, telling him that he would be accepting a contract from La Fenice<ref>Bellini to Santocanale, 28 April 1832, in {{harvnb|Weinstock|1971|p=118}}</ref> so the issue had resurfaced in the form of a contract from Lanari which appeared to have accepted the composer's terms. But he had forgotten how much he had demanded: writing to Giuditta Pasta's husband, Giuseppe, he asked for the letter he had written to him (in which he had revealed the terms offered) to be sent to him to await his arrival in Florence.<ref>Bellini to Giuseppe Pasta, 28 April 1828, in {{harvnb|Weinstock|1971|p=118}}</ref>
[[File:Teatro della Pergola.JPG|thumb|right|Foyer of the Teatro della Pergola, after redecoration in the 1850s]]
When returning to Naples, the couple reached Rome on 30 April. There is speculation that, when there, Bellini composed a one-act opera, ''Il fu ed
Within a few days, Bellini was in Milan, from there writing to his friend Santocanale in Palermo that "I'm ... trying to find a good subject for my new opera for Venice. In August, I shall go to Bergamo for the production of my ''Norma'' with Pasta."<ref name=NORM-BOL>Bellini to Santocanale, 1 July 1832, {{harvnb|Galatopoulos|2002|pp=256–257}}</ref> From Bergamo, he wrote to Romani, excited to tell him that:
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