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For other uses, see Donizetti (disambiguation). Portrait of Gaetano Donizetti by Francesco Coghetti, 1837. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti [a] (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 ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Gaetano Donizetti (born Nov. 29, 1797, Bergamo, Cisalpine Republic—died April 8, 1848, Bergamo, Lombardy, Austrian Empire) was an Italian opera composer whose numerous operas in both Italian and French represent a transitional stage in operatic development between Rossini and Verdi.
Apr 8, 2018 · Gaetano Donizetti. (born Bergamo 29 November 1797; died Bergamo 8 April 1848) 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 ...
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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, (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 ...
Nov 29, 2018 · 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.
Apr 4, 2024 · This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. 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 ...
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