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Composer

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer (1797–1848)

1797–1848

382 works in the index

Born
1797
Died
1848
Birthplace
Bergamo
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

As a very young child of a poor family, Dominico Gaetano Maria Donizetti lived in a windowless cellar. But as a grown man, he dominated the Italian opera scene in the period between Bellini’s death (1835) and Verdi’s rise to fame after the success of Nabucco (1842). Donizetti succeeded with operas of a wide range of genres. His comedies for example included L’ajo nell'umbarazzo, [The Embarrassed Tutor] (1824), Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali [Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage] (an initial version was produced in 1827, a much expanded final version in 1831), and Il giovedi grasso [Maundy Thursday]. He also composed the heroic neoclassical drama L’esule di Roma [The Exile from Rome] (1828) and the romantic melodrama Il paria [The outcast] (1829). During the period of his dominance of the operatic stage his works include: Maria Stuarda [Mary Stuart] (1835); Lucia di Lammermoor (1835); and La fille du regiment [The Daughter of the Regiment] (1840). His final work, integrating ballet, was the comic opera Don Pasquale (1843), first produced at the Théâtre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour, in Paris.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, Flute, Vocal, Bassoon
Genres represented
Classical, Broadway, Pop, Rock
Works with composition dates
5 of 382

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 6 of 8

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
"Melody, from 'Lucrezia Borgia'" — —— ClarinetClassical 1
The Humbling of Michael — —— Piano, VoiceBroadway 1
La Campana — —— Oboe, Bassoon— 1
L'Elisir d'Amore — —— —— 7
---: "Il faut Partir" ("Convien partir") — —— —— —
Una Furtiva Lagrima — —— —— 0
Udite, o rustici — —— —— —
Bel conforto al mietitore (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— VoiceClassical 1
Esulti pur la barbara (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— VoiceClassical 1
Quanto amore! (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— VoiceClassical 1
Il Barcaiolo — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Qualche nota di cuffie — —— VoiceClassical 2
Te voglio bene assaje — —— Piano, Voice HighClassical 1
Ah! tardai troppo — —— Low Voice— —
Lucia di Lammermoor - Act I, Scene 2: 'Quella fonte... - Regnava nel silenzio - Quando rapito in estasi' (Lucia) — —— —— —
Perfomance Tracks — —— —Classical 1
Quella Fonte... — —— —Classical 1
Regnava Nel Silenzio — —— —— 0
Una Lacrima — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
A Ohffetti tiranni from Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth — —— PianoClassical —
Una furtiva lagrima (trasportata e variata) from L'elisir d'amore — —— —— —
Linda!... Si ritiro from Linda di Chamounix — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Romanza Moresca — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Il Mio Ben M'abbandono(Donizetti — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
A Duchessalle fervide preci from Roberto Devereux — —— PianoClassical —
Io morro! Suonata e l'ora from Giovanna Gray — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Udite, udite, o rustici from L'ELISIR D'AMORE — —— —— —
A Bella cosamici cari from Il campanello — —— PianoClassical —
Mon menage pour modele/ La mia casa per modello from Rita ou Le mari battu — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
The Elixir of Love: Una furtiva lagrima — —— —— 0
It Is Better To Laugh Than Be Sighing, From Lucre — —— RecorderClassical 1
Mandolina — —— Guitar— —
Au bruit de la guerre — —— VoiceClassical 1
De cet a veu si tendre — —— VoiceClassical 1
Il faut partir — —— VoiceClassical 3
Tous les trois reunis — —— VoiceClassical 1
Soffriva nel pianto — —— VoiceClassical 2
D'immenso giubilo — —— VoiceClassical 2
Fra Poco A Me Ricovero — —— —— 0
"Quanto e bella, quanto e cara!" from L'elisir d'amore — —— —— —
"Una furtiva lagrina" from L'elisir d'amore — —— —— —
"Regnava nel silenzio" from Lucia di Lammermoor — —— —— —
"Quando repito in estasi" from Lucia di Lammermoor — —— VoiceClassical 1
"Allenta il pie, Regina" from Maria Stuarda — —— VoiceClassical 1
Heil dir, o mein vaterland — —— PianoClassical 1
Heimlich aus ihrem Auge — —— PianoClassical 1
Ouverture zu La figlia del reggimento -bearbeitet fur Klavier zu 4 Handen- Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— PianoClassical —
Rings herrschte nachtlich Schweigen — —— —Classical —

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 74037336. Portrait: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.