Coming Up (Oct. 9) Oct 8, 2008
To highlight its 22nd consecutive season of bringing Opera to All, Longwood Opera is presenting Gaetano Donizetti s Don Pasquale ... To highlight its 22nd consecutive season of bringing Opera to All, Longwood Opera is presenting Gaetano Donizetti s Don Pasquale ... To highlight its 22nd consecutive season of bringing Opera to All, Longwood Opera is presenting Gaetano Donizetti s Don Pasquale. (Needham Tab, MA)
Opera returning to area Oct 6, 2008
The Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council (ABCC) will present the Longwood Opera s production of Gaetano Donizetti s popular comic opera Don Pasquale on Friday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m., at the Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Road, Acton. Don Pasquale will be staged, costumed and performed in English with piano accompaniment. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Buzz Briefs: Annie Lennox, Isaac Hayes Aug 19, 2008
Also on the 2008-2009 program are operas by Hector Berlioz, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti and Gioachino Rossini. Kinepolis has 23 cinema complexes in Belgium, France, Spain, Poland and Switzerland. (CBS News)
Lights! Camera! Opera! Apr 14, 2008
Opera 101: A primer for 'Don Pasquale' by Gaetano Donizetti ... The composer: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), the mustached Italian behind "Lucia di Lammermoor." His specialty was bel canto, a typically light, sweet style in which technical singing is emphasized over plot. (Anchorage Daily News)
Clash of the divas comes to S.D. Opera Feb 12, 2008
San Diego Opera's Mary, Queen of Scots by Gaetano Donizetti ... But a little thing like the facts didn't stop Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti from creating an explosive confrontation that's the operatic equivalent of TV's The Jerry Springer Show. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Waldorf Community Artist Series bringing opera to Forest City Jan 16, 2008
Don Pasquale shines as one of the great comedies by bel canto composer Gaetano Donizetti. Founded in 1986, Des Moines Metro Opera's award-winning touring troupe will present the full-length 50-minute opera in English. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Local artist to perform songs of the sea Jul 27, 2007
The program will include songs by a variety of composers, including Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Henri Duparc, Gaetano Donizetti, Roger Quilter, Charles Ives, John Musto, H. Lane Wilson, G.W. Chadwick and Frederick Keel, the release said. Admission to the event is free of charge, and a reception will follow the recital in the foyer. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
Opera legend Beverly Sills dies Jul 3, 2007
She was acclaimed for performances in such operas as Douglas Moores The Ballad of Baby Doe, Massenets Manon and Handels Giulio Cesare, and the roles of three Tudor queens in works by Gaetano Donizetti. Her 1958 appearances as Baby Doe would become among her best known, in a tale of a silver-mine millionaire who leaves his wife for Baby Doe and eventually dies penniless. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Report: Beverly Sills gravely ill with cancer Jul 3, 2007
She was acclaimed for performances in such operas as Douglas Moore's "The Ballad of Baby Doe," Massenet's "Manon," Handel's "Giulio Cesare" and the roles of three Tudor queens in works by Gaetano Donizetti. Sills retired from the stage in 1980 at 51 and began a career leading New York's performing arts community as general director of City Opera. (Xinhuanet, China)
Opera's Beverly Sills gravely ill Jun 29, 2007
Born Belle Miriam Silverman in Brooklyn, the coloratura soprano made her opera debut in 1947 in Philadelphia in a bit role in Bizet's "Carmen." She became a star with the New York City Opera, where she first performed in 1955 in Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus." She was acclaimed for performances in such operas as Douglas Moore's "The Ballad of Baby Doe," Massenet's "Manon," Handel's "Giulio Cesare" and the roles of three Tudor queens in works by Gaetano Donizetti. She didn't appear at the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Advance the knowledge of audience' May 7, 2007
Mary, Queen of Scots ( Maria Stuarda ) by Gaetano Donizetti 7 p.m. Feb. 16 and 19; 8 p.m. Feb. 22 and 2 p.m. Feb. 24. With soprano Angela Gilbert and mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bel canto singing style on display at Mostly Opera concert Apr 26, 2007
The bel canto style reached its height of popularity in the 19th century, particularly in the works of composers Gaetano Donizetti, Giochino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini. Their compositions included long, florid phrases that showcased a singer s vocal prowess. (Scranton Times, PA)
Lucia di Lammermoor Opera 101 Apr 17, 2007
Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor summary with cast of characters, and opera plot. Gaetano Donizetti s Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucy of Lammermoor) ... Other Operas written by Gaetano Donizetti: ( follow links to other plot summaries). (Suite101.com)
Lelisir Damore Opera 101 Apr 17, 2007
Gaetano Donizetti's opera buffa (comic opera) l'elisir d'amore (Elixir of Love) summary with cast of characters, and opera plot. Gaetano Donizetti s L elisir d amore (Elixir of Love) ... Other Operas written by Gaetano Donizetti. (Suite101.com)
Review: Vienna Embraces Donizetti Opera Apr 2, 2007
Natalie Dessay in the role of Marie and Juan Diego Florez as Tonio, from left, perform with extras during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Fille du Regiment" by Gaetano Donizetti, on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at Vienna's State Opera. Premiere of the co production with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera New York is on Sunday, April 1. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Bethany College starts ‘Messiah' preparations Mar 21, 2007
The Messiah soloists' recital will be on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Presser and will feature baritone Peter Tuff singing selections from chwanengesang by Franz Schubert; tenor Todd Teske singing selections from ichterliebe by Robert Schumann; mezzo soprano Deborah Guscott, singing ier ernste Gesnge by Johannes Brahms; and soprano Alison Greene singing songs by Gaetano Donizetti. Dan Masterson, associate professor of music, and Melody Steed, assistant professor of music, will accompany... (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Partners in song come to Medford Jan 26, 2007
The program will feature selections from a variety of composers including, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henry Purcell, George Frederick Handel, Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, Gaetano Donizetti, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, John Ireland, Virgil Thomson, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans, Maurice Besly, Michael William Balfe and Ned Rorem. The Frohnmeyers will sing three duets and a number of solos. (Mail Tribune, OR)
World premiere by Philip Glass, 'Appomattox,' set for Opera season Jan 24, 2007
Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti) -- Natalie Dessay, Giuseppe Filianoti; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor; Mary Zimmerman, director; Dan Ostling, set designer; Ian Robertson, chorus director. June (2008) 17, 20, 23, 26, 29 (m), July 2, 5. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Donizetti's Opera Spotlights Amour's Fools Jan 19, 2007
In a sense, the opera parallels the rags-to-riches story of its composer, Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), who was born in poverty but taken under the wing of a music teacher and became one of the most successful composers of the 19th century ... That's the comic energy that drives Gaetano Donizetti's opera "The Elixir of Love," this year's selection for the Imperial Symphony Orchestra's annual "A Night at the Opera." This is the sixth year for the orchestra to perform a fully staged opera, and... (The Ledger)
