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Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Episode 1 of 5: Basement Beginnings

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.

00:02
Gaetano Donizetti
Enrico di Borgogna - 'Elisa! Elisa! O! me infelice
Singer: Della Jones.
Conductor: David Parry.
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.

00:14
Gaetano Donizetti
Il Pigmalione - Aria; Da smania e furor
Conductor: Fabio Maestri.
Ensemble: La Camera Delle Lacrime.
Singer: Paolo Pellegrini.

00:22
Gaetano Donizetti
Miserere in D minor - Libera me / Tunc acceptablis
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Conductor: Jozsef Maklari.
Choir: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus.

00:41
Gaetano Donizetti
Sinfonia a Quattro Mani
Performer: Giorgio Cozzolino.
Performer: Pietro Spada.

First broadcast: 15 Sep 2014 (b04h7n4g)
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