Donizetti was a truly prolific opera composer, he could turn out as many as three or four a year and was said to have sketched and written the last act of La favorita in a few hours. Imagine composing ...

“The most resounding fiasco of Donizetti’s career” is Jeremy Commons’s phrase for the reception of this, his 59th opera, at La Fenice, Venice, in 1838. In the canon it comes just before Poliuto, which ...

Brazilian coffee producer Moacir Donizetti first smelled the smoke, and then watched in desperation as a blaze consumed his family coffee plantation last year. The 54-year-old was one of hundreds ...

The Toledo Opera announced its 67th season Monday with two productions in 2025 and 2026. The season will feature Georges Bizet's "Carmen" and Gaetano Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love". "Carmen" will be ...

Elena Xanthoudakis is playing 'Lucia di Lammermoor' in the revival of Gaetano Donizetti's romantic tragedy from Melbourne Opera. The Greek-Australian soprano talks to SBS Greek Award-winning Greek ...