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Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti

1797–1848

Classicalcomposer

Quick Facts

Born
1797
Died
1848

Tags

composer

Biography

Wikipedia
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. Mayr was instrumental in obtaining a place for Donizetti at the Bologna Academy, where, at the age of 19, he wrote his first one-act opera, the comedy Il Pigmalione, which may never have been performed during his lifetime.

Works & Events

1797

Birth of Gaetano Donizetti

birth

Derived from Wikidata date of birth (P569).

1818

Premiere of Enrico di Borgogna (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1818

Premiere of Una follia (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1819

Premiere of Il falegname di Livonia (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro San Samuele

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1820

Premiere of Le nozze in villa (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1822

Premiere of La zingara (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1822

Premiere of Chiara e Serafina (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1822

Premiere of La lettera anonima (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1822

Premiere of Zoraida di Granata (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Argentina

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1823

Premiere of Alfredo il Grande (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1823

Premiere of Il fortunato inganno (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1824

Premiere of Emilia di Liverpool (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1824

Premiere of L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Valle

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1826

Premiere of Alahor in Granata (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1826

Premiere of Elvida (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1827

Premiere of Olivo e Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Valle

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1827

Premiere of Il borgomastro di Saardam (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1827

Premiere of Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1827

Premiere of Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1827

Premiere of Otto mesi in due ore (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1828

Premiere of Il giovedì grasso, o Il nuovo Pourceaugnac (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1828

Premiere of L'esule di Roma (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1828

Premiere of Gianni di Calais (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1828

Premiere of Alina, regina di Golconda (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereOpera Carlo Felice Genova

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1829

Premiere of Il giovedì grasso, o Il nuovo Pourceaugnac (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1829

Premiere of Il paria (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1829

Premiere of Il castello di Kenilworth (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1829

Premiere of Alina, regina di Golconda (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereOpera Carlo Felice Genova

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1830

Premiere of Anna Bolena (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Carcano

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1830

Premiere of I pazzi per progetto (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1830

Premiere of Il diluvio universale (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1830

Premiere of Imelda de' Lambertazzi (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1831

Premiere of Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1831

Premiere of Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1831

Premiere of Francesca di Foix (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1831

Premiere of La romanziera e l'uomo nero (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Mercadante

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1832

Premiere of L'elisir d'amore (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Lirico

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1832

Premiere of Ugo, conte di Parigi (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1832

Premiere of Fausta (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1832

Premiere of Sancia di Castiglia (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1833

Premiere of Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Valle

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1833

Premiere of Torquato Tasso (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Valle

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1833

Premiere of Parisina (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro della Pergola

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1833

Premiere of Lucrezia Borgia (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1834

Premiere of Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1834

Premiere of Gemma di Vergy (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1834

Premiere of Gemma di Vergy (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1835

Premiere of Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1835

Premiere of Maria Stuarda (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1835

Premiere of Il castello di Kenilworth (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1835

Premiere of Marino Faliero (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereComédie-Italienne

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1836

Premiere of Il campanello (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1836

Premiere of Il campanello (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1836

Premiere of Belisario (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro La Fenice

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1836

Premiere of Betly, o sia La capanna svizzera (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Nuovo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1836

Premiere of L'assedio di Calais (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1837

Premiere of Roberto Devereux (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1837

Premiere of Roberto Devereux (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1837

Premiere of Pia de' Tolomei (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1838

Premiere of Maria de Rudenz (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro La Fenice

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1839

Premiere of Gianni di Parigi (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1840

Premiere of Les martyrs (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereParis Opera

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1840

Premiere of Les martyrs (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereAcadémie royale de musique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1840

Premiere of La favorite (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereSalle Le Peletier

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1840

Premiere of La Fille du régiment (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1841

Premiere of Adelia (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Tordinona

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1841

Premiere of Maria Padilla (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereLa Scala

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1842

Premiere of Linda di Chamounix (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTheater am Kärntnertor

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1843

Premiere of Don Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereComédie-Italienne

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1843

Premiere of Maria di Rohan (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTheater am Kärntnertor

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1843

Premiere of Dom Sébastien (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1844

Premiere of Caterina Cornaro (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1844

Premiere of Caterina Cornaro (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1848

Death of Gaetano Donizetti

death

Derived from Wikidata date of death (P570).

1848

Premiere of Poliuto (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro di San Carlo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1860

Premiere of Rita (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1869

Premiere of Gabriella di Vergy (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1875

Release of Cantata a Gaetano Donizetti

recording release

Derived from publication date (P577) on recording/album entities.

1882

Premiere of Le duc d'Albe (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiereTeatro Tordinona

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1960

Premiere of Il Pigmalione (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2018

Premiere of L'ange de Nisida (Gaetano Donizetti)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

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