Gaetano Donizetti
Born: 29th November 1797, Bergamo
Died: 8th April 1848, Bergamo
Nationality: Italian
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer, best known for his over 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. Donizetti was born in Bergamo in Lombardy. At an early age he was taken up by Simon Mayr who enrolled him with a full scholarship in a school which he had set up. There he received detailed musical training.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti
Browse: Donizetti
Further Reading: Donizetti
-
Lawrence Brownlee on Donizetti's songs
9th Oct 2024
The American tenor introduces the inaugural volume of Opera Rara's mammoth Donizetti Song Project, which sees him joining forces with Carlo Rizzi to revive unpublished and previously-unrecorded songs - several of them written for the composer's friends to sing at parties...
-
Javier Camarena on Signor Gaetano
28th Dec 2022
The Mexican tenor discusses his recent Pentatone album exploring Donizetti's Italian operas (including rarities such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Giovedì Grasso), and explains why singing these works leaves him 'feeling satisfied and happy, rather than mentally exhausted!'.
Popular Genres: Donizetti
Orchestral
Chamber
Opera
Vocal
Choral
Popular Works: Donizetti
- A Mezzanotte (8)
- Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! (from La Fille du Régiment) (31)
- Ah! tardai troppo...O luce di quest'anima (from Linda di Chamounix) (22)
- Amore e morte (10)
- Ancor non giunse! ... Regnava nel silenzio…Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (10)
- Andante sostenuto in F minor for Oboe and Harp (9)
- Anna Bolena (16)
- Ave Maria (10)
- Bella siccome un angelo (from Don Pasquale) (11)
- Chacun le sait (from La Fille du Regiment) (13)
- Com'é gentil…Tornami a dir (from Don Pasquale) (10)
- Don Pasquale (26)
- Don Pasquale Overture (10)
- Fia dunque vero…O mio Fernando (from La Favorita) (13)
- Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (12)
- Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (41)
- Il segreto per esser felici (from Lucrezia Borgia) (13)
- Inosservato, penetrava … Angelo casto e bel (from Il Duca d'Alba) (12)
- L'elisir d'amore (51)
- La Favorita (10)
- La Favorite (11)
- La Fille du Régiment (12)
- La maîtresse du roi?...Ange si pur (from La Favorite) (10)
- Lucia di Lammermoor (76)
- Lucrezia Borgia (10)
- Maria Stuarda (21)
- Me voglio fa'na casa (17)
- O mio Fernando (from La Favorita) (10)
- Poliuto (9)
- Povero Ernesto...cercherò lontana terra (from Don Pasquale) (13)
- Prendi, per me sei libero (from L'Elisir d'amore) (15)
- Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) (12)
- Quel guardo il cavaliere (from Don Pasquale) (28)
- Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (23)
- Roberto Devereux (14)
- Sonata for flute and harp (10)
- Sonata for Flute and Piano in C minor (17)
- Spirto gentil ne' sogni miei (from La Favorita) (21)
- Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (32)
- Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) (202)
Recent Best Sellers: Donizetti
-
New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
Blu-ray: $37.00 -
New. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa (Maria), Aigul Akhmetshina (Elisabetta), Ismael Jordi (Leicester), Roberto Tagliavini (Talbot), Andrzej Filończyk (Cecil), Elissa Pfaender (Anna), Coro Y Orquesta Titulares del Teatro Real, David McVicar, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
BLU-RAY: $37.00 -
New. Donizetti Songs Vol. 8
Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Carlo Rizzi (piano)
CD: $21.25Download from $10.00 -
Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
-
Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
-
International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
SACD: Original price $20.25 Reduced $15.79Download from $10.00 -
New Releases: Donizetti
View all new releases-
New. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa (Maria), Aigul Akhmetshina (Elisabetta), Ismael Jordi (Leicester), Roberto Tagliavini (Talbot), Andrzej Filończyk (Cecil), Elissa Pfaender (Anna), Coro Y Orquesta Titulares del Teatro Real, David McVicar, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
BLU-RAY: $37.00 -
New. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa (Maria), Aigul Akhmetshina (Elisabetta), Ismael Jordi (Leicester), Roberto Tagliavini (Talbot), Andrzej Filończyk (Cecil), Elissa Pfaender (Anna), Coro Y Orquesta Titulares del Teatro Real, David McVicar, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
DVD Video: $34.50 -
New. Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp & Piano
Duo Praxedis (harp and piano)
5 CDs: $43.25Download from $35.00 -
New. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia), Juan Diego Flórez (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent), Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Yannis Kokkos
2 DVD Videos: $42.50
Future Releases: Donizetti
View all future releases-
Coming soon. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa (Maria), Kate Lindsey (Elisabetta), Bekhzod Davronov (Leicester), Aleksei Kulagin (Talbot), Thomas Lehman (Cecil), Nino Gotoshia (Anna), Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Antonello Manacorda, Ulrich Rasche
Blu-ray: Original price $37.00 Reduced $34.78 -
Coming soon. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa (Maria), Kate Lindsey (Elisabetta), Bekhzod Davronov (Leicester), Aleksei Kulagin (Talbot), Thomas Lehman (Cecil), Nino Gotoshia (Anna), Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Antonello Manacorda, Ulrich Rasche
2 DVD Videos: Original price $42.50 Reduced $40.80 -
Coming soon. Sweet and Swiss - Lyrical Miniatures For Cello and Piano
Andreas Graf, Evelyne Grandy
CD: $19.00Download from $10.00
