Gaetano Donizetti
Standard Name: Donizetti, Gaetano
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Education | Adelaide Kemble | Later AK
studied singing in Paris and at Lake Como in Italy, at a half hour's remove from Milan. One of her teachers was the famous Italian singer Giudetta Pasta
(who was both... |
Textual Production | Jeanette Winterson | Her contributors included Ali Smith
on Beethoven
's Fidelio, Anne Enright
on Dvorak
's Rusalka, Jackie Kay
on Janacek
's The Makropulos Case, Joanna Trollope
on Donizetti
's L'Elisir d'Amore, Kate Atkinson |
Timeline
26 September 1835
Lucia di Lammermoor, probably the most famous opera by Gaetano Donizetti
, had its first performance at Naples; its first appearance in London came three years later.