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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 7 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
Sanft ist sein Schlummer — —— —Classical —
O diese Glut in Blicken — —— —Classical 0
Ha, seine Stimme — —— —Classical 0
Dies Herz, das hei — —— —Classical —
Ciascun Lo Dice — —— VoiceClassical 1
O Luce Di Quest'amima — —— VoiceClassical 1
La Favorita: "O mio Fernando" Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical 1
La Fille du Regiment: "Chacun le sait" Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical 1
---: "Il faut Partir" Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical —
---: "Par le rang et par l'opulence" Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical 1
Lucia di Lammermoor: "Regnava ne silenzio" — —— —Classical 1
---: Mad Scene, "Il dolce suono" and "Ardon gl'incensi" — —— —Classical 1
Chorus Scene-Servants — —— Voice, ChoirClassical —
Romanza — —— BassoonClassical —
Il Segreto Per Esser Felici — —— —Classical 1
Bella cosa, amici cari from Il campanello — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Silenzio, tacete from L'ajo nell'imbarazzo — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Nella fatal di Rimini from Lucrezia Borgia — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Un bacio di speranza/ Un baiser pour espoir — —— VoiceClassical —
T'aspetto ancor! — —— VoiceClassical —
Occhio nero incendiator — —— VoiceClassical —
Malvina — —— VoiceClassical 3
Venne sull'ali ai zeffiri — —— VoiceClassical —
Oh, affetti tiranni from Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
L'Elisir d'Amore: Romanza — —— —— —
L'Elisir d'Amore - Act II: 'Una furtiva lagrima' Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —— —
Don Pasquale - Act I, Scene 4: 'Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch'io la virtu magica' Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical —
Lucia di Lammermoor - Act I, Scene 2: 'Quella fonte... - Regnava nel silenzio - Quando rapito in estasi' Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —— —
La Favorita: 'Fia dunque vero?' Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical 1
Caro Nome — —— —— —
Duchessa, alle fervide preci from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Reminiscences of Lucia di Lammermoor — —— PianoClassical 1
O mio Fernando from LA FAVORITA — —— —Classical —
Sogno soave e casto from Don Pascuale — —— VoiceClassical —
Bella siccome un angelo from DON PASQUALE — —— VoiceClassical —
Guerrir sognai vittoria from Don Sebastiano — —— PianoClassical —
O mein Fernand — —— PianoClassical 1
— —— PianoClassical 1
Ah, tardai troppo... O Luce di quest'anima — —— —Classical 1
Ah! parea che per incanto from ANNA BOLENA — —— —Classical —
Cari luoghi ov'io passai from LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX — —— —Classical —
Don Pasquale - Act I: 'Ah! Un foco insolito' Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —Classical 1
Lucia di Lammermoor - Act III: 'Tombe degl'avi miei — —— —Classical —
Lucia di Lammermoor - Act III: '...Fra poco a me ricovero' Performed by Gaetano Donizetti — —— —— —
Ardon gl'incensi from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR — —— VoiceClassical —
Amore! — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Anna e Giovanni — —— —Classical —
Romance from L'elisir d'amore — —— —— —

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.