Basement Beginnings
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Episode 1 of 5
Duration: 1 hour
First broadcast: Monday 15 September 2014
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.
Donizetti was raised in a cramped basement flat, the son of a poor family in rural Italy, but his talent was spotted early. He would later become the most successful Italian composer of his generation. As a teenager Donizetti wrote a precocious early version of Pygmalion, and dedicated a piano piece to a generous benefactor who bought him out of his military service. His breakthrough came with an opera set in Moorish Spain, Zoraida di Granata. SHOW LESS
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00:02
Gaetano Donizetti
Enrico di Borgogna - 'Elisa! Elisa! O! me infelice
Singer: Della Jones. Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra.
OPERA RARA: ORR 203, OPERA RARA, 1
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00:14
Gaetano Donizetti
Il Pigmalione - Aria; Da smania e furor
Conductor: Fabio Maestri. Ensemble: La Camera Delle Lacrime. Singer: Paolo Pellegrini.
BONGIOVANNI: GS2109/10-2, BONGIOVANNI, 8
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00:22
Gaetano Donizetti
Miserere in D minor - Libera me / Tunc acceptablis
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jozsef Maklari. Choir: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus.
HUNGAROTON : HCD12147-2, HUNGAROTON, 1
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00:41
Gaetano Donizetti
Sinfonia a Quattro Mani
Performer: Giorgio Cozzolino. Performer: Pietro Spada.
RCA: RL31441, 1
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Mon 15 Sep 2014
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