Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
A masterpiece of bel canto at the Teatro Real in Madrid: conductor José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and director David McVicar take on Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, with Lisette Oropesa in the title role.
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite and varied work, is the apotheosis of opera buffa. Performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, the production has bee
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
The story of Don Pasquale revolves around a classic comedic premise: a young couple in love schemes to thwart the inappropriate plans of a pompous old man, who wants to marry the girl himself. What makes the opera notabl
Donizetti: Poliuto
Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering a superb musical performance (The Telegraph) offering lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philha
Donizetti: Rita
Donizetti’s rare comic opera, whose title translates as “Rita, or The Battered Husband,” is presented here in a live performance recorded at the Teatro Bellini in Adrano (Catania) in September 2010.
Donizetti - La Favorite
Composed for the Paris Opéra, the romantic but ultimately tragic narrative of Donizetti’s grand opera La Favorite is set amidst the Moorish invasions of Spain and the power struggles between religion and the state in the
Donizetti - La Favorite
Donizetti's French masterpiece was in the hands of Italian conductor Antonello Allemandi. This maestro, a bel canto specialist, captured the fire and intensity of the passions from the get-go, making the overture a super
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda - Salzburg Festival
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland — her name will be linked in perpetuity with another name: Elizabeth I of England. Mary and Elizabeth: two queens, two adversaries, two women in the middle of the 16th century. Although ‘si
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Every morning at dawn, in the Lammermuir hills in Southern Scotland, the beautiful Lucia meets Edgardo of Ravenswood, a mysterious young man with whom she is in love. However, just as in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, t
Donizetti La Favorite
One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Gaetano Donizetti's La favorita in it's original French form; a tale of love and war that represents a glorious mix of Italian bel canto and 19th c. grand opera
Donizetti : Mary Stuart
David Rendall, John Tomlinson, Janet Baker, Peter Butler, Rosalind Plowright, Angela Bostock, Glenn McKeown, Giuseppe Bardari, Tom Hammond, Alan Opie, Leigh Maurice
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
The Australian Opera Chorus & The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Lucrezia Borgia, infamous noblewoman of the Renaissance, has outlived three husbands and is now married to Don Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara. Af
Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy
Donizetti's 'Gemma di Vergy' recorded live at the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo in September 2011.
Donizetti - Don Pasquale
Whoever does not yet know Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale will learn to love it with this elegant and stylish production by Stefano Vizioli. Lovers of this opera will be enthralled by Eva Mei's high, clear voice as well
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Today's top bel canto tenor, Juan Diego Flórez, and acclaimed Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi lead a superb ensemble cast in Donizetti's sparkling opéra-comique from the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa. This acclaimed producti
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor, dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848). Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, after Walter Scott's 'The Bride of Lammermoor'. First performance in Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 26 Sep
Donizetti - Maria Stuarda
This recording was made at Venice's beautiful Teatro La Fenice. With his sharp and lively conducting, Fabrizio Maria Carminati puts the Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice entirely at the service of three exceptional sing
Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Linda di Chamounix is a pretty country girl who is in love with Carlo, who she believes is a penniless artist. Her honour is threatened by the local squire and she escapes to Paris in search of fortune. This is a tale of
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Gaetano Donizetti's classic opera focuses on the complex relationship between Queen Elisabetta (Laura Polverelli) and Maria Stuarda (Maria Pia Piscitelli), two cousins who both desire the love and exclusive attentions of
Donizetti: Don Pasqual - Glyndebourne
One of the reasons why Donizetti's Don Pasquale is regarded as a cornerstone of the Italian comic opera tradition is because its characters are no mere commedia dell’arte stereotypes, but complex, vulnerable human beings