- Gaetano Donizetti - Wikipedia
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti[a] (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic composer, best known for his over 70 operas
- Gaetano Donizetti | Italian Opera Composer Bel Canto Pioneer - Britannica
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
- Gaetano Donizetti - New World Encyclopedia
Donizetti is best known for his operatic works, but he also wrote music in a number of other forms, including some church music, a number of string quartets, and some orchestral works
- Gaetano Donizetti
Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) was a key proponent of the bel canto style, and one of the most prolific opera composers in the art form's history
- Gaetano Donizetti - Biography | Deutsche Grammophon
Gaetano Donizetti’s life bears more than a passing resemblance to an operatic plot The curtain rises on a humble birth and years of drudgery Then there is a dizzying ascent to greatness, before a final fall into madness, the result of syphilis rather than heartbreak
- Gaetano Donizetti - The Kennedy Center
Donizetti’s first opera premiered in Naples in 1822 He worked in Naples in the 1820s and 1830s In 1830, he achieved international fame from performances of Anna Bolena Despite his fame, he was passed over for the job of director of the Naples Conservatory in 1840 and instead moved to Paris
- Timeline: Donizetti | Metropolitan Opera
Between 1838 and 1848, one out of every four operas performed in Italy is by Donizetti On December 28, Lucia di Lammermoor is performed for the first time in the United States, in New Orleans; this first American performance is sung in a French translation
- The Life of Gaetano Donizetti: Compositions, Operas More | ENO
Discover the captivating life music of Italian composer, Gaetano Donizetti Explore his most famous compositions, operas more here
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