Gaetano Donizetti
In the course of a long career in the bel canto style, Gaetano Donizetti wrote
many of his operas into the repertoire, including L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di
Lammermoor and Don Pasquale, to name the best-known. Born into a poor family in
Bergamo on November 29, 1797, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti's father, a
weaver turned pawnbroker, intended him to work as a lawyer. But like his older
brother Giuseppe (b. 1788), who would become a composer at the court of the
Turkish sultan, he aspired to a career in art, drawing or music. At the age of
eight, he entered the local music school,...
Don Pasquale Bella Siccome Un AngeloGaetano Donizetti
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Bella Siccome Un AngeloGaetano Donizetti
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Una Furtiva LagrimaLeila Chiacchia and Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima / Handel: Largo
Aria Bella Siccome Un AngeloGaetano Donizetti
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Una furtiva lagrima (piano accompaniment)Flavien Cosma and Gaetano Donizetti
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