Donald Macleod follows Donizetti’s move to Paris, in search of artistic freedom.

When Gaetano Donizetti wrote his comic opera La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), in 1839, he was one of the most successful of Italian opera composers. Until not long before, he had ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. These are the sort of discoveries one expects at Donizetti Opera, a festival in the composer’s Northern Italian ...

Rome's Teatro Costanzi, the Eternal City's opera house, stages a production of Lucrezia Borgia, the historical opera written by Gaetano Donizetti. The great composer worked with Felice Romani, an ...

Lucia di Lammermoor in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.

What is the best way to start 2025? It is to attend a concert featuring the music from one of the most popular operas in the world and to escape the cold weather by immersing in the warmth and passion ...

Donald Macleod uncovers the life and work of opera composer Gaetano Donizetti. Donizetti composed almost 70 operas in 19th century Italy, the age of the impresario, the prima donna and the star tenor.