Returning to Milan after the "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" performances in March 1830, little occurred until the latter part of April when Bellini was able to negotiate a contracts with both the Milan house for the autumn of 1831 and another for the 1832 Carnival season at La Fenice in Venice; these operas were to become "Norma" for La Scala and "Beatrice di Tenda" for Venice. Writing to his uncle in Sicily, the composer reported that "I shall earn almost twice as much as if I had composed for the Venetian impresario".