Maestro Excitement
Donald Macleod explains how Donizetti consolidated his success in Naples and reached new heights with the first of the 'Three Queens' operas, Anna Bolena.
Gaetano Donizetti composed almost 70 operas in 19th-century Italy, the age of the impresario, the prima donna and the star tenor. Donald Macleod traces his extraordinary life.
Gaetano Donizetti had made his mark on Italian opera at the age of only 24 with the triumphant premiere of his opera Zoraida di Granata in Rome. The next phase of his career would see him consolidate his success in Naples, and reach new heights with the first of what would later be called the 'Three Queens' operas about the Tudors and the Stuarts. Featuring recordings by Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti and Renee Fleming.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Lucrezia Borgia - Act 2 Finale
Orchestra: St Luke's Orchestra. Choir: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus. Singer: Renée Fleming. Conductor: Patrick Summers.- Decca: 467101-2.
- Decca.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Quartet no. 16 in B minor for strings
Performer: Angela East. Ensemble: The Revolutionary Drawing-Room. Performer: Peter Collyer. Performer: Adrian Butterfield.- CPO : 999-282 2.
- CPO.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Anna Bolena - Act 1 In Separato
Orchestra: London S O.. Singer: Patricia Kern. Singer: Beverly Sills. Singer: Stuart Burrows. Singer: Paul Plishka. Singer: Shirley Verrett. Singer: Robert Lloyd.- Brilliant Classics: 93924.
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- Tue 16 Sep 201412:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 16 Sep 201418:30BBC Radio 3
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