Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Known as "Donizetti")

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Born Nov 29, 1797

Bergamo, Cisalpine Republic (Italy)

Passed Away Apr 08, 1848 Bergamo, Lombardy-Venetia (Italy)

Lifespan 50 years old

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Archival Overview

Leading Italian bel canto composer renowned for his dramatic tragedy Lucia di Lammermoor and comic gem L'elisir d'amore.

Biographical Record

Gaetano Donizetti was an extraordinarily prolific Italian composer who, alongside Rossini and Bellini, stood at the zenith of the 19th-century bel canto operatic tradition. Born into poverty in Bergamo, his natural gifts were nurtured by Simon Mayr before he conquered the opera houses of Naples, Milan, Vienna, and Paris.

Donizetti composed nearly 70 operas with dazzling speed and emotional depth. His tragic masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) contains the most famous 'mad scene' in opera, while comedies like L'elisir d'amore (1832) and Don Pasquale (1843) are universally cherished for their melodic sweetness, wit, and pathos.

Key Life Milestones

1832

L'elisir d'amore

Premiered his joyous comic opera in Milan, featuring the immortal tenor romance 'Una furtiva lagrima'.

1835

Lucia di Lammermoor

Staged his crowning tragic masterpiece at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, defining romantic operatic melodrama.

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Final Resting Place

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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo, Italy

                         GPS: 45.7032, 9.6622                    

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