Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 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. An offer in 1822 from Domenico Barbaja, the impresario of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, which followed the composer's ninth opera, led to his move to Naples and his residency there until production of Caterina Cornaro in January 1844. In all, 51 of Donizetti's operas were presented in Naples. Before 1830, success came primarily with his comic operas, the serious ones failing to attract significant audiences. His first notable success came with an opera seria, Zoraida di Granata, which was presented in 1822 in Rome. In 1830, when Anna Bolena was first performed, Donizetti made a major impact on the Italian and international opera scene shifting the balance of success away from primarily comedic operas, although even after that date, his best-known works included comedies such as L'elisir d'amore (1832) and Don Pasquale (1843). Significant historical dramas did succeed; they included Lucia di Lammermoor (the first to have a libretto written by Salvadore Cammarano) given in Naples in 1835, and one of the most successful Neapolitan operas, Roberto Devereux in 1837. Up to that point, all of his operas had been set to Italian libretti. Donizetti found himself increasingly chafing against the censorship limitations in Italy (and especially in Naples). From about 1836, he became interested in working in Paris, where he saw greater freedom to choose subject matter, in addition to receiving larger fees and greater prestige. From 1838, beginning with an offer from the Paris Opéra for two new works, he spent much of the following 10 years in that city, and set several operas to French texts as well as overseeing staging of his Italian works. The first opera was a French version of the then-unperformed Poliuto which, in April 1840, was revised to become Les martyrs. Two new operas were also given in Paris at that time. Throughout the 1840s Donizetti moved between Naples, Rome, Paris, and Vienna, continuing to compose and stage his own operas as well as those of other composers. From around 1843, severe illness began to limit his activities. By early 1846 he was obliged to be confined to an institution for the mentally ill and, by late 1847, friends had him moved back to Bergamo, where he died in April 1848 in a state of mental derangement due to neurosyphilis. |
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 501-525 of 582 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gramophone | 8009b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Fra poco a me ricovero | Pietro Lara | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8037b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Un fuoco insolito | Ernesto Badini ; Antonio Pini-Corsi | Vocal duet (2 baritones), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8099b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Vado, corro | Ernesto Badini ; Emilia Corsi | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9073b | 10-in. | Oct. 1906 | Splendon piu belle in ciel le stelle | Andrés de Segurola | Bass vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9077b | 10-in. | October 1906 | Vieni la mia vendetta | Andrés de Segurola | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9361b | 10-in. | Nov. 1906 | O sole più rapido | Giuseppe Acerbi ; Renzo Minolfi | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9436b | 10-in. | Nov. 1906 | Ah! Paventa il fuor | Francesco Cigada ; Amelia Codolini ; Aristodemo Sillich | Vocal trio (mezzo-soprano, baritone, and bass), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9446b | 10-in. | Nov. 1906 | O qual funesto abbrnimento | Aristodemo Sillich | Bass vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9465b | 10-in. | Nov. 1906 | Per te d'immenso giubilo | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9486½b | 10-in. | Nov. 1906 | Il pallor funesto | Linda Brambilla ; Francesco Cigada | Vocal duet (mezzo-soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9497b | 10-in. | November 1906 | Maledizione | Giuseppe Acerbi ; Linda Brambilla ; Francesco Cigada ; Aristodemo Sillich | Vocal quartet (mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9502b | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1906 | Il barcaiolo | Vocal chorus (unidentified; Gramophone Co., Milan, Italy) | Vocal chorus | composer | |
Gramophone | 9525b | 10-in. | ca. 1906 | Orsù, Fernando | Giuseppe Acerbi ; Maria Cappiello ; Francesco Cigada | Vocal trio (mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9554b | 10-in. | ca. 1906 | E rimasto la impietrato : Cuarteto | Linda Brambilla ; Antonio Pini-Corsi ; Gaetano Pini-Corsi ; Augusto Scipioni | Vocal quartet (mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9556b | 10-in. | Dec. 1906 | Cheti, cheti | Antonio Pini-Corsi ; Augusto Scipioni | Vocal duet (bartione and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10513b | 10-in. | approximately May 1907 | Obbligato, obbligato | Ernesto Badini ; Fernando De Lucia | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 10551b | 10-in. | 1907 | Se tradirni tu potrai | Francesco Cigada ; Josephina Huguet | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10586b | 10-in. | 1907 | Vado, corro | Ernesto Badini ; Josephina Huguet | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10639b | 10-in. | June 1907 | Son tradito | Ernesto Badini ; Josephina Huguet ; Antonio Pini-Corsi ; Gaetano Pini-Corsi | Vocal quartet (soprano, tenor, and 2 baritones), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10645b | 10-in. | June 1907 | Regnava nel silenzio | Josephina Huguet | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10646b | 10-in. | June 1907 | Quando rapita in estasi | Josephina Huguet | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10647b | 10-in. | June 1907 | O luce di quest’anima | Josephina Huguet | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 11190b | 10-in. | May 1908 | O luce di quest'anima | Maria Galvany | Soprano vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 16564u | 10-in. | 7/11/1911 | Un ange, une femme inconnue | Léon Campagnola | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 16608u | 10-in. | 7/13/1911 | Ange si pur | Léon Campagnola | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Donizetti, Gaetano," accessed May 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102598.
Donizetti, Gaetano. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102598.
"Donizetti, Gaetano." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Gaetano Donizetti
Discogs: Gaetano Donizetti
Allmusic: Gaetano Donizetti
IMSLP: Gaetano Donizetti
RILM: Gaetano Donizetti
RISM: Gaetano Donizetti
IMDb: Gaetano Donizetti
Britannica: Gaetano Donizetti
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79132358
Wikidata: Gaetano Donizetti - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q101698
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/74037336
MusicBrainz: Gaetano Donizetti - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b8ecf204-6be8-4041-ab11-6d9971ea2711
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.