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Nov 29, 2018 · Nov 29, 2018. Composer Profile: Gaetano Donizetti, One of the Bel Canto Masters. By David Salazar. Gaetano Donizetti, born on Nov. 29, 1797, was one of the leading Bel Canto composers of all time. He wrote his first opera, “Il Pigmalione” at the age of 19 and he would go on to create 75 operas throughout his lifetime.
Gaetano Donizetti, (born Nov. 29, 1797, Bergamo, Cisalpine Republic—died April 8, 1848, Bergamo, Lombardy, Austrian Empire), Italian opera composer. He was tutored and guided by the opera composer Simone Mayr (1763–1845). His opera Zoraida di Granata had a successful premiere in Rome in 1822, but it was Anna Bolena in 1830 that made his ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Gaetano Donizetti - Composer, Opera, Illness: But Donizetti was already in the grip of his fatal disease. He produced his last important opera, Dom Sébastien, with a libretto by Scribe, at the Paris Opéra in 1843 under the strain of constant headaches and occasional lapses of mental capacity.
Apr 8, 2018 · The Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti was the most significant figure in Italian opera after the death of Bellini (in 1835) until the emergence of Verdi (with Nabucco in 1842). His 65 completed operas range from tragedies (such as Lucia di Lammermoor) to historical works ( Maria Stuarda) and comedies (L’elisir d’amore ). Donizetti 's Musical Style
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and a probable influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi.
Gaetano Donizetti's first opera premiered in Naples in 1822. He worked in Naples in the 1820's and 1830's. In 1830, he achieved international fame. Despite his fame he was passed over for the job of director of the Naples Conservatory in 1840 and moved to Paris. In 1842 he was appointed to the Austrian court in Vienna but kept his ties to Paris ...
Nov 9, 2011 · Gaetano Donizetti : NPR. Metropolitan Opera Archives. Deceptive Cadence. A Voice Of Velvet And Bronze: Carlo Bergonzi At 90. July 11, 2014 • A birthday salute to a famed Italian tenor who knew...
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