Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. His most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) Image File history File links Donizetti_in_colore. ... Image File history File links Donizetti_in_colore. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Lucia di Lammermoor is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. ...

He was born in Bergamo into a very poor family with no tradition of music, but in 1806 he was one of the first pupils to be enrolled in a charity school at Bergamo founded by Simon Mayr. Bergamo: Citta Alta View of Bergamo Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. ... Johann Simon Mayr aka Giovanni Simone Mayr, Simone Mayr, also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier. ...

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. The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...

He is also the younger brother of Giuseppe Donizetti, who had become, in 1828, Instructor General of the Imperial Ottoman Music at the court of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839). Giuseppe Donizetti Giuseppe, who had become, in 1828, Instructor General of the Imperial Ottoman Music at the court of Sultan Mahmud II (1808—39). ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Sogut (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli Dynasty... Sultan Mahmud II Animation showing the structure of the Tughra of Mahmud II Mahmud II (in Arabic محمودالثانى ) (July 20, 1785–July 1, 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Donizetti's vocal style enriched the Bel Canto tradition which Gioacchino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini had made popular. These three composers are generally accepted as the primary exemplars of early 19th century Bel Canto writing. Portrait Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868) was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. ...

Operas

• Il Pigmalione (1816; 13.10.1960 Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo)
• Enrico di Borgogna (14.11.1818 Teatro San Luca, Venice)
• Una follia (17.12.1818 Teatro San Luca, Venice) (lost)
• Le nozze in villa (1821? Teatro Vecchio, Mantua)
• Il falegname di Livonia, ossia Pietro il grande (26.12.1819 Teatro San Samuele, Venice)
• Zoraïda di Granata (28.1.1822 Teatro Argentino, Rome)
• La zingara (12.5.1822 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• La lettera anonima (29.6.1822 Teatro del Fondo, Naples)
• Chiara e Serafina, ossia I pirati (26.10.1822 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Alfredo il grande (2.7.1823 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Il fortunato inganno (3.9.1823 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• Zoraïda di Granata [rev] (7.1.1824 Teatro Argentino, Rome)
• L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (4.2.1824 Teatro Valle, Rome)
• Emilia di Liverpool (28.7.1824 Teatro Nuovo, Naples) (L'eremitaggio di Liverpool)
• Alahor in Granata (7.1.1826 Teatro Carolino, Palermo)
• Don Gregorio [rev of L'ajo nell'imbarazzo] (11.6.1826 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• Elvida (6.7.1826 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Gabriella di Vergy (1826; 29.11.1869 Teatro San Carlo, Naples) (Gabriella)

• Olivo e Pasquale (7.1.1827 Teatro Valle, Rome)
• Olivo e Pasquale [rev] (1.9.1827 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• Otto mesi in due ore (13.5.1827 Teatro Nuovo, Naples) (Gli esiliati in Siberia)
• Il borgomastro di Saardam (19.8.1827 Teatro del Fondo, Naples)
• Le convenienze teatrali (21.11.1827 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• L'esule di Roma, ossia Il proscritto (1.1.1828 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Emilia di Liverpool [rev] (8.3.1828 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• Alina, regina di Golconda (12.5.1828 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa)
• Gianni di Calais (2.8.1828 Teatro del Fondo, Naples)
• Il paria (12.1.1829 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Il giovedi grasso (26.2.1829? Teatro del Fondo, Naples) (Il nuovo Pourceaugnac)
• Il castello di Kenilworth (6.7.1829 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Alina, regina di Golconda [rev] (10.10.1829 Teatro Valle, Rome)
• I pazzi per progetto (6.2.1830 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Il diluvio universale (28.2.1830 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)

• Imelda de Lambertazzi (5.9.1830 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Anna Bolena (26.12.1830 Teatro Carcano, Milan)
• Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali [rev of Le convenienze teatrali] (20.4.1831 Teatro Canobbiana, Milan)
• Gianni di Parigi (1831; 10.9.1839 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Francesca di Foix (30.5.1831 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• La romanziera e l'uomo nero (18.6.1831 Teatro del Fondo, Naples) (libretto lost)
• Fausta (12.1.1832 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Ugo, conte di Parigi (13.3.1832 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• L'elisir d'amore (12.5.1832 Teatro Canobbiana, Milan)
• Sancia di Castiglia (4.11.1832 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (2.1.1833 Teatro Valle, Rome)
• Otto mesi in due ore [rev] (1833, Livorno)
• Parisina (17.3.1833 Teatro della Pergola, Florence)
• Torquato Tasso (9.9.1833 Teatro Valle, Rome)
• Lucrezia Borgia (26.12.1833 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Il diluvio universale [rev] (17.1.1834 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa)
• Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (27.2.1834 Teatro della Pergola, Florence)
• Maria Stuarda [rev] (18.10.1834 Teatro San Carlo, Naples) (Buondelmonte)
• Gemma di Vergy (26.10.1834 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Maria Stuarda (30.12.1835 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Marin Faliero (12.3.1835 Théâtre-Italien, Paris)
• Lucia di Lammermoor (26.9.1835 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Belisario (4.2.1836 Teatro La Fenice, Venice)
• Il campanello di notte (1.6.1836 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• Betly, o La capanna svizzera (21.8.1836 Teatro Nuovo, Naples)
• L'assedio di Calais (19.11.1836 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Pia de' Tolomei (18.2.1837 Teatro Apollo, Venice)
• Pia de' Tolomei [rev] (31.7.1837, Sinigaglia)
• Betly [rev] ((?) 29.9.1837 Teatro del Fondo, Naples)
• Roberto Devereux (28.10.1837 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Maria de Rudenz (30.1.1838 Teatro La Fenice, Venice)
• Gabriella di Vergy [rev] (1838; 8.1978 recording, London)
• Poliuto (1838; 30.11.1848 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Pia de' Tolomei [rev 2] (30.9.1838 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Lucie de Lammermoor [rev of Lucia di Lammermoor] (6.8.1839 Théâtre de la Rennaisance, Paris)
• Le duc d'Albe (1839; 22.3.1882 Teatro Apollo, Rome) (Il duca d'Alba)
• Lucrezia Borgia [rev] (11.1.1840 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Poliuto [rev] (10.4.1840 Opéra, Paris) (Les martyrs)
• La fille du régiment (11.2.1840 Opéra-Comique, Paris)
• L'ange de Nisida (1839; ?)
• Lucrezia Borgia [rev 2] (31.10.1840 Théâtre-Italien, Paris)
• La favorite [rev of L'ange de Nisida] (2.12.1840 Opéra, Paris)
• Adelia (11.2.1841 Teatro Apollo, Rome)
• Rita, ou Le mari battu (1841; 7.5.1860 Opéra-Comique, Paris) (Deux hommes et une femme)
• Maria Padilla (26.12.1841 Teatro alla Scala Milan)
• Linda di Chamounix (19.5.1842 Kärntnertortheater, Vienna)
• Linda di Chamounix [rev] (17.11.1842 Théâtre-Italien, Paris)
• Caterina Cornaro (18.1.1844 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Don Pasquale (3.1.1843 Théâtre-Italien, Paris)
• Maria di Rohan (5.6.1843 Kärntnertortheater, Vienna)
• Dom Sébastien (13.11.1843 Opéra, Paris)
• Dom Sébastien [rev] (6.2.1845 Kärntnertortheater, Vienna)

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Media

Allegro in C Major (file info) Prelude to Lucia di Lammermoor ( file info) Problems playing the files? See media help.

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External links

• Official site
• Donizetti cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.