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The Donizetti Society has been established for 30 years and has published something approaching 100 Newsletters in that time. The following is the list of Newsletter content from 1990 to 1993. Individual articles and back numbers of Newsletters are available. You can use the "Find" facility, part of "Edit" on your browser, to search for keywords within each of those pages as well as using the Search facility on the Home page.
1990
Newsletter 49, February 1990
- Books Review by Piero Mioli (in Italian) of Rudolfo Celletti: Voce di tenore, Idealibri, Milano, 1989
- Linda di Chamounix by Alexander Weatherson An article on the performance of Donizetti's opera at the Teatro Verdi, Trieste, April 30, 1989.
- Crispino e la comare by Alexander Weatherson An article on the performance of Luigi and Federico Ricci's opera at the Teatro Chiabera, Savona, November 11, 1989.
- Advertisement for a CD of Donizetti Songs written in the bass clef by Ian Caddy and Melvyn Tan, CDE 84183. See the Recordings page.
Newsletter 50, May 1990
- Due ore di sentinella avvanzata by John Black Speculations on the origin of the opera that was performed a few times in Naples in 1842
- Recordings Review by Alexander Weatherson of Gaetano Donizetti, Messa di Requiem, Orfeo C172881A and Giovanni Pacini, Messa di Requiem, BongiovanniGB 2059-2
- Books Review by John Stewart Allitt of Giuseepe Pedemonti, Studio sul metodo d'organo di Giovanni Simone Mayr, Edizioni Carrera, Bergamo, 1990
- List of performing editions edited and published by the Mayr + Donizetti Collaboration
- Contemporary comments on the subject of Donizetti's Parisina by Edward Gibbon and Felice Romani
Newsletter 51, September 1990
- Ivanhoé, is it authentic Rossini? by Reto Müller Essay on the origins of the pasticcio.
- Guillaume Tell by Alexander Weatherson An article on the performance of Rossini's opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, July 16, 1990.
- Parisina by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) An article on the performance of Donizetti's opera in Florence, May 24, 1990.
- L'ebreo by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) An article on the performance of Giuseppe Apolloni's opera at Montpelier, July 31, 1990
- Maria Stuards by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) An article on the performance of Donizetti's opera in Palermo, May 8, 1990. Top1991
Newsletter 52, February 1991
- Carlo Coccia, Caterina di Guisa by Alexander Weatherson An article on the performance at the Teatro dell'opera giocosa, Teatro Chiabrera, Savona, November 1, 1990. This production was made available on Bongiovanni GB 2117-18
- Giuseppe Verdi, Le Trouvère by John Black An article on the performance of the French version of Il Trovatore at the TeatroRegio, Parma, September 13, 1990.
- Giovanni Simone Mayr, La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa by Alessandro Mormile (in Italian) An article on the performance given as part of the IX Festival, "Donizetti e il suo tempo", at the Teatro Gaetano Donizetti, Bergamo, October 7, 9 &11, 1990. This production was made available on Ricordi Foni Cetra RFCD 2007
- Critical Thoughts by Bert Lyons Thoughts on the value judgements inherent in the sleeve notes to the cassette of Luciano Pavorotti - Verdi and Donizetti Arias.
- Recordings Review by Alexander Weatherson of Giuseppe Appolloni, L'ebreo; Simone Alaimo, Issachar; Fernando Costa, Leila; Dino Di Domenico , Adel-Muza; Armando Caforio, Ferdinando; Paola Bidinelli , Isabella; Francesco Piccoli, Gran'Giudice/Boabdil-El-Chic, Bongiovanni GB 2089-90
Review by Philip G. Gormley of Gaetano Donizetti, La Favorite, Nuova Era 6823-4
- Un opéra de cape et d' épée: Le Pré aux Clercs by Robert Pourvouyer (in French) Article on Herold's opera, revived at Nantes, November, 1990
- 1852: deux coups d'Etat (un réussi, un raté) by Robert Pourvouyer (in French) Article on Adam's opera, Si j'étais Roi, revived at Liège, November, 1990
- Books Review by Tom Kaufman of Gaspare Nello Vetro, Giovanni Bottestini, 1821-1889 , published by Università degli Studi di Parma, 1989
Review by Tom Kaufman of Alison Gyger, Opera for the Antipodes, published by Currency Press, Sydney, 1990.
Review by Luca Gorla (in Italian) of Piero Mioli, Donizetti, 70 Melodrammi, published by EDA, Torino
Newsletter 53, May 1991
- Pacini's Amazilia by Alexander Weatherson Essay on Pacini's opera, which can now be found on the Giovanni Pacini website at http://www.giovannipacini.com/Amazilia.htm
- Una cortigiana d'alto lignaggio e una regina assai decaduta by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on performances of Verdi La Traviata at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, December 16, 1990 and Bellini La Straniera at the Teatro Verdi, Trieste, December 18, 1990
- I Capuleti e I Montecchi by Alexander Weatherson An article on the production of Bellini's opera at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, April 26, 1991.
- La Fille di régiment by Alexander Weatherson An article on the performance of Donizetti's opera at the Théâtre Royal de Liège, April 21, 1991.
- Lucia di Lammermoor by Alexander Weatherson An article on the performance of Donizetti's opera at the Teatro Regio, Parma, April 23, 1991.
- Books Review by Alexander Weatherson of Tom Kaufman, Verdi and his major contemporaries: A Selected Chronology of Performances with Casts, published by Garland Publishing, New York and London, 1990.
Review by Piero Mioli (in Italian) of Giovanni Carli Ballola-Roberto Parenti, Mozart, published by Rusconi, Milano, 1990
Review by Tom Kaufman of Gerald Fitzgerald, Annals of the Metropolitan Opera.
Newsletter 54, October 1991
- Intervista di Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti al Maestro Allorto (in Italian) Interview with the Artistic Director of the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, April 23, 1991
- Gaetano Donizetti La Favorite by Alexander Weatherson An article on the production at Opéra de Vichy, August 3, 1991. See also the director, San Bartolomé's, notes on the opera in Newsletter 55.
- Daniel François Esprit Auber, La Muette de Portici by Piero Mioli (in Italian) An article on the production at the Ravenna Festival, July 18, 1991
- Baptême du Festival de Bel Canto, Romantique au Chantier Naval, Opéra d'Antibes by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in French) An article on Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and Rossini's cantata Giovanna d'Arco on June 25 & 26, 1991
- Primavera Siciliana by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) An article on performances of Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Wagner's Das Liebesverbot in Palermo, March 5 and May 10, 1991 and Rossini's Semiramide at Catania, May 4, 1991
- Recordings Review by François Nouvion of Bellini Zaira, Nuova Era 6982-3 Top1992
Newsletter 55, January 1992
- Il Diluvio Bergamasco by John Stewart Allitt An article on a visit to Bergamo to hear a number of works including Mayr's three "Hannibal" cantatas
- La Favorite by Pierre-Jean San Bartolomé (in French) Thoughts on the staging of Donizetti's opera by the director of the performance in Vichy and Paris in 1991 followed by remarks of a more general nature on the opera.
- L'assedio di Calais by Philip G. Gormley Article on the staging of Donizetti's opera at the Wexford Festival, October 30 and November 2, 1991.
- Books Review by Tom Kaufman of Adrienne Simpson Opera in New Zealand - Aspects of History and Performance, published by Witham Press, Wellington, 1990.
Review by Philip G. Gormley of Remo Giazetto Le Carte della Scala,, published by Akademos Press, Pisa, 1990
Newsletter 56, May 1992
- Rinascimento rossiniano in Belgio by Alexander Weatherson An article on performances of Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, February 6, 1992 and his Adelaide di Borgogna at Opéra de Wallonie, Liège, February 9, 1992 plus the film Rossini! Rossini!
- ... Inghilterra by Alexander Weatherson An article on a performance of Rossini Le siège de Corinthe at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, March 15, 1992.
- ... Italia by Alessandro Mormile (in Italian) Article on the staging of Rossini's opera Guglielmo Tell at the Teatro Filarmonica di Verona, January 21, 1992
- Roberto Devereux by Piero Mioli (in Italian) Article on the staging of Donizetti's opera at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, March 1, 1992
- Roberto Devereux by Alessandro Mormile (in Italian) Article on a different staging of Donizetti's opera at the Salle Garnier, Monte Carlo, January 26, 1992
- La Messa da Requiem by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on Donizetti's mass for Bellini performed at the Collegium Vocale Lustenau, April 12, 1992.
- Books Review by Alexander Weatherson of John Stewart Allitt Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, published by Element Press, Shaftsbury, 1991. Copies of the book are available from the Society info@donizettisociety.com
Review by Tom Kaufman of Edda Fuhrich and Gisela Prossnitz Die Salzburger Festspiele - Ihre Geschichte in Daten, Zeitzeugnissen und Bilden, Band 1, 1920-1845, published by Residenz Verlag, Salzburg and Vienna 1990 and Hans Jaklitsch Die Salzburger Festspiele, Verzeichniss der Werke und der Künstler, Band III, 1920-1990, published by Residenz Verlag, Salzburg and Vienna 1991
Review by Tom Kaufman of Through the Opera Glass - A Chronological Register of Opera Performed in South Australia 1826-1988, published by Friends of the Opera of South Australia, Adelaide, 1991
Review by Tom Kaufman and François Nouvion of George R. Greegan, ed., Through my monocle: Memoirs of the famous basso Andreas Perello De Segurola, published by Crest Publishing Co., Steubenvilla, Ohio, 1981.
- Recordings Review by Philip G. Gormley of Bellini Il puritani, Nuova Era 6842-44
- Bergamo, Musical notices from Città e Provincie by Brian Thornton Article on various events in Bergamo, both contemporary and historic
Newsletter 57, September 1992
- Programmes for the Convegno Internationale di Studio, L'Opera teatrale di Gaetano Donizetti, to be held at Bergamo September 17-20, 1992 and Simon Mayr Symposium held at Ingolstadt, October 2-4, 1992.
- Recordings Review by Philip G. Gormley of Gioachino Rossini Armida, Koch Europa Musica 350 211
- Cristoforo Colombo by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on the ballet by Beppe Menegatti with music from the works of Donizetti, La Scala, July 14, 1992
- Le siege de Corinthe by Alessandro Mormile (in Italian) Article on the staging of Rossini's opera at the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, June 7, 1992
- Lucrezia Borgia by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on the staging of Donizetti's opera at the Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo, January 22, 1992
- Poliuto by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on the staging of Donizetti's opera at the Teatro Alighieri, June 27 & 30, 1992
- Il Duca d'Alba by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on the staging of Donizetti's opera at the Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, July 1, 1992
- Una Lettera da Montfalcone (Mario Villani) discussing Virginia, Donizetti's wife.
- Bergamo, Musical notices from Città e Provincie by Brian Thornton Article on various events in Bergamo, both contemporary and historic
- Books Review by Reto Müller of Gioachino Rossini: Letteri e Documenti, Volume 1, 2 febbraio 1792- 17 marzo 1822, a cura di Bruno Cagli e Sergio Ragni published by Libreria Musicale Italiana, Lucca 1992 and Tutti I Libretti di Rossini, a cura di Marco Beghelli e Nicola Gallino published by Garzanti, Milano, 1991. Top1993
Newsletter 58, January 1993
- Il pirata - triumph and portent by Alexander Weatherson A discussion on the genesis of Bellini's opera
- Books Review by Alexander Weatherson of Carmelo Neri Lettere di Vincenzo Bellini (1819-1835) published by Publisicula Editrice, Palermo, 1991
- Il pirata by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a staging of Bellini's opera in Zurich, September 22, 1992
- Le Comte Ory by Yonel Buldrini (in French) Article on a staging of Rossini's opera at the Théâtre de Metz, October 2, 1992.
- Gaetano Donizetti Cristoforo Colombo by Nicola Lischi Mungai (in Italian) Article on Donizetti's cantata at the Teatro Chiabrera, Savona, October 29, 1992.
- Sigismondo by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a staging of Rossini's opera at the Teatro Sociale, Rovigo, October 9, 1992
- Bergamo, Musical notices from Città e Provincie by Brian Thornton Article on various events in Bergamo, both contemporary and historic
- Advertisement for Particia Adkins Chiti Una Voce Poco Fa ... published by Garamond Editrice
- Review of Donizetti's Maria Padilla that appeared in the Strenna Teatrale Europea shortly after the premiere in December 1841.
Newsletter 59, May 1993
- Il Domino Nero di Lauro Rossi by Paola Ciariantini (in Italian) A short history of the composer and the opera
- L'assedio di Donizetti by Alexander Weatherson An article on Donizetti's L'assedio di Calais performed at the Guildhall School of Music, 1993
- Beatrice di Tenda by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a staging of Bellini's opera at La Scala, Milan, February 12, 1993
- Books Review by Alexander Weatherson of Piero Mioli Manuale del melodramma published by Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, Milano, 1993
Review by John Stewart Allitt of Pierluigi Forcella Musica e musicisti a Bergamo dalle origini ai contemporani published by Edizioni Villadiseriane, Bergamo, 1992
- The first Mayr Conference by John Stewart Allitt An article on the conference held in Bergamo, March 5-7, 1993
- Bergamo, Musical notices from Città e Provincie by Brian Thornton Article on various events in Bergamo, both contemporary and historic
- Da Palermo a Catania: Lucia e Don Pasquale by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on performances of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo, February 28, 1993 and Don Pasquale at the Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania, March 28, 1993.
Newsletter 60, September 1993
- Donizetti/Liszt by Alexander Weatherson Short note on a recently discovered Liszt transcription from La Favorite.
- An Irish Lucia by Philip G. Gormley An article on the staging of Donizetti's opera at Castleward, Northern Ireland together with an appendix on the opera's origins.
- Gaetano Donizetti Anna Bolena by Alexander Weatherson An article on the staging at Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, May 6, 1993
- Roberto Devereux by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a staging of Donizetti's opera at the Stadttheater, St. Gallen, April 30, 1993
- Tancredi by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a staging of Rossini's opera at La Scala, Milan, July 17, 1993
- Recordings Review by Philip G. Gormley of Mayr's La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa ossia Il trionfo dell'amicizia Ricordi Foni Cetra RFCD 2007
- Bergamo, Musical notices from Città e Provincie by Brian Thornton Article on various events in Bergamo, both contemporary and historic
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