Donizetti

Donizetti

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.[4] Donizetti was born in Bergamo in Lombardy. At an early age he was taken up by Simon Mayr[5] who enrolled him with a full scholarship in a school which he had set up. There he received detailed musical training. Mayr was instrumental in obtaining a place for Donizetti at the Bologna Academy, where, at the age of 19,[6] he wrote his first one-act opera, the comedy Il Pigmalione, which may never have been performed during his lifetime.

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  • L'elisir d'amore (2012)

    L'elisir d'amore by G. Donizetti from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, performed at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Baden-Baden Festival Hall, 2012. Directed by Rolando Villazón, conductor Pablo Heras-Casado. Starring Miah Persson, Rolando Villazón, Roman Trekel, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo and Regula Mühlemann.

  • Great Arias - Roberto Alagna - L'elisir d'amore - "Quanto è bella....." (1997)

    Great Arias Roberto Alagna - L'elisir d'amore: "Quanto è bella, quanto è cara" and "Una furtiva lagrima" from Opéra National de Lyon, 1997. Conductor Evelino Pido.

  • Maria Stuarda (2002)

    Maria Stuarda by G. Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Opera performed at Teatro Gaetano Donizetti/ Gaetano Donizetti Theatre, 2002. Directed by Francesco Esposito, conductor Fabrizio Maria Carminat, starring Carmela Remigio, Sonia Ganassi, Joseph Calleja, Riccardo Zanellato, Marzio Giossi and Ci...

  • L'elisir d'amore (2006)

    L'elisir d'amore by G. Donizetti, from Paris Opera, 2006. Directed by Laurent Pelly, conductor Edward Gardner, starring Laurent Naouri, Ambrogio Maestri, Paul Groves, Heidi Grant Murphy and Aleksandra Zamojska. Performed in Italian.

  • Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (2009)

    Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali by G. Donizetti, from Teatro alla Scala, 2009. Directed by Antonio Albanese, conductor Marco Guidarini, starring Jessica Pratt, Simon Bailey, Jong Min Park, Riccardo Massi, Vincenzo Taormina, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Aurora Tirotta, Asude Karayavuz, Chae Jun ...

  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky Festival presents Juan Diego Florez in Recital (2019)

    Accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera, the magnificent tenor Juan Diego Flórez performs G. Rossini's "Addio ai Viennesi" and "Bolero", "Una furtiva lagrima" from G. Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, "Tombe degli avi miei / Fra poco a me ricovero" from G. Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, "O dolore" from G....

  • Pia de' Tolomei (2005)

    Pia de' Tolomei by G. Donizetti, from Venezia Teatro La Fenice, performed at La Fenice, 2005. Directed by Christian Gangneron, conductor Paolo Arrivabeni, starring Francesco Meli, Patrizia Ciofi, Andrew Schroeder, Daniel Borowski, Laura Polverelli, Clara Polito, Dario Schmunck, Carlo Cigni, Luca ...

  • Anna Bolena (2006)

    Anna Bolena by G. Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 2006. Directed by Francesco Esposito, conductor Fabrizio Maria Carminati, starring Mauro Corna, Dimitra Theodossiou, Riccardo Zanellato, Sofia Soloviy, José Maria Lo Monaco, Gian Luca Pasolini, L...

  • Lucia di Lammermoor (2006)

    Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro G.Donizetti, Bergamo, 2006. Directed by Francesco Esposito, conductor Antonino Fogliani, starring Luca Grassi, Désirée Rancatore, Roberto de Biasio, Matteo Barca, Tiziana Falco, Enrico Giuseppe Iori, Vincenz...

  • Don Gregorio (2007)

    Don Gregorio by G. Donizetti from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, 2007. Directed by Roberto Recchia, conductor Stefano Montanari, starring Paolo Bordogna, Elizaveta Martirosyan, Giorgio Trucco, Giorgio Valerio, Livio Scarpellini and Alessandra Fratelli. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, ...

  • Marino Faliero (2010)

    Marino Faliero by G.Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 2008. Directed by Marco Spada, conductor Bruno Cinquegrani, starring Luca Grassi, Ivan Magri, Aleksandar Stefanovski, Rachele Stanisci, Leonardo Gramegna, Domenico Menini, Giuseppe Di Paola, En...

  • Roberto Devereux (2016)

    Roberto Devereux by G.Donizetti, from Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, performed at Teatro Carlo Felice, 2016. Directed by Alfonso Antoniozzi, conductor Francesco Lanzillotta, starring Stefan Pop, Mariella Devia, Sonia Ganassi, Mansoo Kim, Alessandro Fantoni, Matteo Armanino, Loris Purpura. Perform...

  • Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (2016)

    Rosmonda d'Inghilterra by G.Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Donizetti, 2016. Directed by Paola Rota, conductor Sebastiano Rolli, starring Jessica Pratt, Eva Mei, Dario Schmunck, Nicola Ulivieri, Raffaella Lupinacci. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, Ge...

  • Olivo e Pasquale (2016)

    Olivo e Pasquale by Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 2016. Directed by Ugo Giacomazzi, conductor Federico Maria Sardelli, starring Giovanni Romeo, Silvia Beltrami, Matteo Macchioni, Laura Giordano, Filippo Morace, Bruno Taddia, Pietro Adaini, Edoar...

  • Il Borgomastro di Saardam (2017)

    Il Borgomastro di Saardam by G.Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 2017. Directed by Davide Ferrario, conductor Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, starring Juan Francisco Gatell, Aya Wakizono, Andrea Concetti, Giorgio Caoduro, Irina Dubrovskaya, Pietro Di Bianco...

  • Che originali!; Pigmalione (2017)

    Che originali!; Pigmalione by G.S.Mayr, from Festival G.Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 2017. Directed by Roberto Catalano, conductor Gianluca Capuano, starring Omar Montanari,Angela Nisi,Bruno de Simone,Chiara Amarù,Leonardo Cortellazzi,Gioia Crepaldi,Pietro di Bianco. P...

  • Enrico di Borgogna (2018)

    Enrico di Borgogna by G.Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 2018. Directed by Silvia Paoli, conductor Alessandro De Marchi, starring Anna Bonitatibus, Sonia Ganassi, Levy Sekgapane, Francesco Castoro, Luca Tittoto, Lorenzo Barbieri, Federica Vitali, M...

  • Il castello di Kenilworth (2019)

    Il castello di Kenilworth by G.Donizetti, from Festival Donizetti Bergamo, performed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 2019. Directed by Maria Pilar Pérez Aspa, conductor Riccardo Frizza, starring Jessica Pratt, Carmela Remigio, Stefan Pop, Dario Russo, Xabier Anduaga, Frederica Vitali. Performed in It...

  • Linda di Chamounix (2021)

    Linda di Chamounix by G. Donizetti, from Fondazione Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, performed at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2021. Director Cesare Lievi, conductor Michele Gamba, starring Jessica Pratt, Teresa Iervolino, Francesco Demuro, Vittorio Prato, Marina De Liso, Fabio Ca...

  • Lucrezia Borgia (2007)

    Lucrezia Borgia by G. Donizetti from Donizetti Opera Festival, performed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 2007. Directed by Francesco Bellotto, conductor Tiziano Severini. Starring Dimitra Theodossiou (Lucrezia Borgia), Roberto de Biasio (Gennaro), Enrico Giuseppe Iori (Don Alfonso), Nidia Palacios ...

  • Roberto Devereux (2006)

    Roberto Devereux by G. Donizetti from Donizetti Opera Festival, performed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 2006. Directed by Francesco Bellotto, conductor Marcello Rota. Starring Dimitra Theodossiou (Elizabeth, Queen of England), Andrew Schroeder (The Duke of Nottingham), Federica Bragaglia (Sara, D...

  • Don Pasquale (2013)

    Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2013. Directed by Mariame Clément, conductor Enrique Mazzola. Starring Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader...

  • Maria Stuarda (2007)

    Maria Stuarda by G. Donizetti from Macerata Opera Festival, performed at Arena Sferisterio, 2007. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor Riccardo Frizza. Starring Laura Polverelli (Elisabetta), Maria Pia Piscitelli (Maria Stuarda), Giovanna Lanza (Anna Kennedy), Roberto de Biasio (Roberto), Simo...

  • La Favorite (2018)

    La Favorite by G. Donizetti from Fondazione del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, performed at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2018. Directed by Ariel Garcia-Valdes, conductor Fabio Luisi. Starring Veronica Simeoni (Léonor de Guzman), Celso Albelo (Fernand), Mattia Olivieri (Alphonse ...