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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 1998 to 2001. 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.
1998Newsletter 73, February 1998
- Adelia o La figlia del bicentenario by Alexander Weatherson Article on Donizetti's opera staged in Bergamo
- Mercadante's Elena da Feltre by Alex Liddell Article on the revival at the 1997 Wexford Festival production. Naxos have produced a recording of this but it does not appear to be available at the moment.
- Belisario in Graz by Reto Müller and Alex Hügi (in German) Oerformance in Graz, November 29, 1997
- Il viaggio a Reims by William Desniou (in French) Article on Rossini's opera at the Abbaye de Royaumont, September 13 1997 together with a list of modern productions
- Napoleone Moriani by Giorgio Appolonia (in Italian) Article on the tenor Moriani together with a list of his performances in Donizetti operas
- Elisabetta Riveduta by Alexander Weatherson Article on the Donizetti's opera Elisabetta discovered in the Royal Opera House archives and performed at the Royal Festival Hall, December 16, 1997. See also the article by Will Crutchfield Donizetti's Élisabeth, ou la fille de l'exile for a detailed description of his later reconstruction.
- An homage to Guiditta Pasta by Nicola Lischi Concert of Pasta related arias at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, October 26, 1997.
- La Provincia audace: Saffo ritorna a Reggio Emilia by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on a revival of Pacini's opera
- La Donizettiana Parisina al Teatro Rossini di Lugo di Romagna by Luciano Maggi (in Italian)
- Programme details of conferences in Bergamo and Naples
- The Donizetti Conference, Vienna by John Stewart Allitt Article on a recent conference in Donizetti plus remarks on a performances of Caterina Cornaro and Linda di Chamounix
- Marie-Aimée de Rohan, Duchesse de Chevreuse 1600-1679 Article on a the woman whose story is the basis of Donizetti's opera Maria di Rohan
- Guillaume Tell by William Desniou (in French) Article on Rossini's opera at the salle A. Malruax, Reims, October 26, 1997
- Books by Tom Kaufman Review of Joaquin Turina Gomez's Historia del Teatro Real (Madrid), Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1997;
Newsletter 74, May 1998
- Centocinquantesimo Anniversario della morte di Geatano Donizetti I
- Gaetano Donizetti: Messa di Requiem by Mario Mainino (in Italian) Article on a performance of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Donizetti
- and another Requiem by Alex Liddell Article on a performance of the Requiem in Aachen Cathedral, April 2, 1998
- A regal exit by Alexander Weatherson Article on Donizetti's Don Sebastiano staged in Aachen
- Récital consacré à Donizetti, Salle Cortot, Paris by William Desniou (in French) Concert of songs performed on January 29, 1998
- Roberto Devereux by William Desniou (in French) Article on Donizetti's opera performed at Marseille Opéra, February 20 & 22 1998
- Anthony Michaels Moore, principe de Dinamarca by Jorge Binaghi (in Spanish) Short note on a concert performance of Thomas's Hamlet in Amsterdam
- Genova: "Adelia" Autentica Rareza Donizettiana by Jorge Binaghi (in Spanish) Article on a staging of Donizetti's opera, Adelia, in Genoa. See also Newsletter 75
- Nina ossia la pazza per amore by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on Paisiello's opera staged at the Opernhaus Zurich, March 14, 1998.
- Past, Present and Proposed No. 4 by Pip Clayton Opera in Houston, Texas.
- Bellini in Emilia by Giacomo Branco (in Italian) Article on Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi staged at Reggio Emilio
- Barcelona: desigual Favorita by Jorge Binaghi (in Spanish) Donizetti's La Favorita in Barcelona
- Teatro della Fortuna, Fano, Wiedereröffnung am 18 April 1998 by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) List of performances in 1998
- Marino Faliero by Clarissa Lablache Article on a revival of Donizetti's opera at the Washington Donizetti Festival, March 29 1998.
- Con Donizetti in Olanda by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and La Favorita in the Netherlands
Newsletter 75, October 1998
- Il borgomastro di Dordrecht by Alexander Weatherson Reflections on Donizetti's opera Il borgomastro di Saardam revived at the 1998 Dordrecht festival and comparisons with its revival 25 years earlier at Zaandam ( Saardam's modern name)
- Il borgomastro di Saardam by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) A further article on the Dordrecht revival
- Itinerari Donizettiani by Giancarlo Landini (in Italian) Article on meeting of Donizetti scholars in Turin
- Milano: "Alma gentile voi siete" by Jorge Binaghi (in Spanish) Article on the production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at La Scala
- Lucrezia Borgia by John Watts Short note on the same production but with different cast.
- I riflessi ramati di Lucrezia by Giacomo Branco (in Italian) A further article on the same production
- Il fortunato inganno by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a staging at Martina Franca, July 27, 1998.
- Pictures of places in Bergamo associated with Donizetti as well as some of the museum exhibits
- Rossini at Garsington and Wildbad by Alex Liddell Article on La Pietra del Paragone (Garsington) and Il viaggio a Reims and Matilde di Shabran (Wildbad)
- Maria di Rohan at home (or almost) by Keith Larsen Article on a revival of Donizetti's opera at Mladà Boleslav in the Czech Republic
- Ruggero e Pasquale by Giacomo Branca (in Italian) Don Pasquale in Bologna, May 12, 1998.
- Maria al museo by Giacomo Branca (in Italian) Another view on the production of Maria di Rohan at Mladà Boleslav
- Il Conte d'Essex ha rivisto Napoli by Paologiovanni Maione (in Italian) Roberto Devereuex at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
- Past, Present and Proposed No. 5 by Pip Clayton Article on San Antonio, Texas, Grand Opera House.
- Si riparla di "Adelia" by Giancarlo Landini (in Italian) Article on a staging of Donizetti's opera, Adelia, in Genoa. See also Newsletter 74
- Viena: de una interesante Jerusalem a un indigno profeta. Article on a staging of Verdi's opera in Vienna
- Mid-Summer Donizetti by John Watts Short article on La Fille du régiment (Rome) and Caterino Cornaro (London)
- Description of the work of Opera Italiana by Alexander Bryatt Top1999Newsletter 76, March 1999
- Alahor in Granata by PierAngelo Pelucchi (in Italian) Backgound article on Donizetti's opera
- Alahor in Seville (1) by Marigold Mann An article on the revival of Alahor in Granata at the Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
- Alahor in Seville (2) by Stefan Bauer A further article on the revival of Alahor in Granata
- A Donizetti la corona di Don Sebastiano (Bergamo) by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) An article on the revival of Donizetti's Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal in Bergamo
- ...and on view in Bologna Dom Sébastien by Alexander Weatherson An article on the staging of the opera in Bologna
- Ruy Blas - mad, melodious and dangerous to those who have fixed ideas about Verdi's rivals by Alexander Weatherson. An article on Marchetti's opera revived at Jesi. The opera was recorded by Bongiovanni
- Elisir milanesi e Furiosi bergamaschi by Giancarlo Landini (in Italian) Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at La Scala and Furioso all'isola di San Domingo at Bergamo
- Pigmalione and Rita at Bergamo by Sam Eadie An article on the staging of these two Donizetti operas in Bologna, October 24/25, 1998
- A weekend with Mary Stuart in London by Constantin Erbiceanu An article on the staging of Donizetti's opera by the ENO in London.
- Socrate immaginari by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) An article on the staging of Paisello's opera at the Teatro Comunale Chiabrera, Savona, November 7/8, 1998
- Zelmira by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) An article on the staging of Rossini's opera at the Opera National, Lyon, January 24, 1999
- The programmes for two conferences "Voglio amore, E amor violento" in Bergamo, October 8-10, 1998 and " in Ingolstadt, November 5-8, 1998.
- Vorläufige Bemerkungen zu Donizettis Il borgomastro di Saardam by Thomas Lindner (in German) Article on Donizetti's opera revived at the 1998 Dordrecht Festival.
- A feast of CD's by Pip Clayton Comments on several recent Donizetti recordings
- An obituary of April Fitzlyon by Pip Clayton
Newsletter 77, July 1999
The content of Newsletter 77 includes:-
- Maria di Rohan by Francesco Bellotto (in Italian) Article on Donizetti's Maria di Rohan staged at the Palafenice, Venice, 1999
- Marie into Maria by Alexander Weatherson An article on the genesis of the Maria di Rohan score
- La Battaglia di Legnano by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on the joint Piacenza/Parma production of Verdi's opera
- Barbarossa sconfitto da ... Attila by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on La Battaglia di Legnano (Parma) and Attila (Bologna)
- Advertisement for Parma Rotary Club "Giuseppe Verdi" prize
- Listing and comments on recent and planned recordings
- Giuseppe Donizetti and Franz Liszt by Constantin Erbiceanu Article on Donizetti's brother, who became musical director of the Sultan of Turkey's armed forces.
Newsletter 78, October 1999The content of Newsletter 78 includes:-
- "Ombra del maestro mio..." by Alexander Weatherson Article on Donizetti's Alahor in Granata, revived at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo, June 1999.
- Alahor in Granata by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) A further article on the Palermo production.
- Donizetti Opern am Teatro Massimo von Palermo by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Listing of Donizetti operas at the Teatro Massimo, 1897 - 1994.
- Letter on the use of a cabaletta from Ricci's L'orfanella di Ginevra in Donizetti's Alahor in Granata
- Mercadante e Donizetti e l'affare del Conservatorio di Napoli by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on the competition for the directorship of the Conservatory
- Die schöne Galathee and Il campanello di notte by John Stewart Allitt Article on the 1999 Buxton Festival.
- Il campanello di notte by Sam Eadie A further article of the Buxton Festival production
- Fromental Halévy [Part I] by Robert Pourvoyeur (in French) First part of a summary of Halévy's life and works, with an emphasis on La Juive
- Bellini Jahr 2001 by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a project to refurbish the house Bellini was born in and the Museum in Catania
- Ritrovato "l'antico cembalo a spinetta" sul quale Bellini compose la Norma in Oleggio by Carmelo Neri (in Italian) Article on where Bellini composed Norma.
- Past, Present and Proposed No. 6 by Pip Clayton Article on the American singer Emma Abbott.
- Oberto, Conte di Bonifazio by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on the staging of Verdi's opera at Macerata, July 23, 1999 Top2000Newsletter 79, February 2000The content of Newsletter 79 includes:-
- Little known Meyerbeer and Bizet at Dordrecht by Sam Eadie Article on Meyerbeer's Gli Amori di Teolinda and Bizet's Don Procopio at the September 1999 Dordrecht Festival.
- Daniel François-Esprit Auber, Les Diamants de la couronne by William Desniou (in French) Article on a staging of the opera at the Théâtre français de la musique, November 28, 1999.
- Jacques Offenbach, La Catte métamorphosée by William Desniou (in French) Article on a staging of the opera at the Théâtre du Tourtour, December 12, 1999
- The happy return of the "unfortunate" Ines de Castro by Alexander Weatherson Article on the revival of Persiani's opera at Jesi, 1999, a recording of which is available on Bongiovanni GB 2263/4, and a contemporary account of the premier by Charles de Bériot.
- Ines de Castro, Teatro Pergolesi, Jesi, September 26, 1999 by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) A further article on Persiani's opera
- Donizetti by the Bay by Charles Jernigan Lucia and La Favorite at the San Francisco Opera.
- Fromental Halévy [Part II] by Robert Pourvoyeur (in French) Second part of a summary of Halévy's life and work
- La Juive by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on a performance of Halévy's opera at the Staatsoper Wien, November 12, 1999.
- La figlia... di Novara by Mario Mainino (in Italian) Article on a performance of Donizetti's La figlia del reggimento at Novara, October 15 1999.
Newsletter 80, June 2000
The content of Newsletter 80 includes:-
- Lucia in Artide by Fulvio Stefano Lo Presti (in Italian) Article on Lucia di Lammermoor, staged at the Teatro Regio in Turin
- Il viaggio a Reims (à Liège) by Alexander Weatherson Rossini's opera staged at Liège
- "Coup de Foudre" meyerbeeriano by Giacomo Branca (in Italian) Article on Meyerbeer's Dinorah staged in Parma
- El bel canto en el neuvo Liceo de Barcelona by Jorge Binaghi (in Spanish) Article on a concert version of Beatrice di Tenda in Barcelona
- Double - and other - trouble by Alexander Weatherson Article on Donizetti's Il giovedi grasso and Puccini Gianni Schicci at the Guildhall School of Music
- Advertisement for the upcoming Mayr symposium (in German)
- Friend of the People by Douglas M. Bennett Article on a new Scottish opera
- Vincenzo Bellini, Norma by William Desniou (in French) Article on Bellini's opera staged in Marseille, March 17, 2000 together with a listing and comments on recordings of it.
- Emma Abbott - a postscript by Pip Clayton A follow up to an article in Newsletter 78
- Dischi by Piero Mioli (in Italian) Review of Donizetti's Zoraida di Granata released on Opera Rara ORC 17
Newsletter 81, October 2000
The content of Newsletter 81 includes:-
- I Pazzi per progetto by Francesco Bellotto (in Italian) Background to the opera recently revived in Bergamo
- Gli Equivoci by Alex Liddell Article on Storace's opera performed at Bampton under the title The Comedy of Errors.
- Breve ricordo di Francesco Florimo nel bicentenario della sua nascite by Carmelo Neri (in Italian) Article on the librarian, musicologist and author, noted most commonly for his friendship and later writings on Bellini.
- Un duello con Richelieu by Alexander Weatherson Article on the staging of Donizetti's Maria di Rohan in Aachen
- Gaetano Donizetti, Anna Bolena by William Desniou (in French) Article on the staging of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Dijon, April 30, 2000
- Napoli: Il Ritorno di Bolena by Jorge Binaghi (in Italian) Article on the staging of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Naples
- Tutto Ferretti? by John Stewart Allitt Article on the Jacopo Ferretti, librettist of several Donizetti operas and including the verses for a Donizetti cantata, Qual Fremito Soave, whose words he wrote.
- Quel Marcantonio di Pavesi by Giacomo Branca (in Italian) Article on the staging of Pavesi's Ser Marcantonio in Lugo, April 16, 2000
- Les Cancans de l'opera, edited and annotated by Jean-Louis Tamvaco, published by CNRS Editions Comments on the critical edition of manuscripts now in the collections of the Bibliothèque- Musée de l'Opéra, Paris and the New York Library for the Performing Arts Article covering the work of the Paris Académie Royale de Musiue between 1836 and 1845.
- Entfesselte Leidenschaften by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on the staging of Verdi's Les Vêpres siciliennes in St. Gallen, Sept. 9, 2000
- Otello ossia il moro di Venezia by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Article on the staging of Rossini's Otello at Martina Franca, July 23, 2000
- Viva la Mamma at Dordrecht, September 2000 by Sam Eadie Short comment on Donizetti's opera performance at the 2000 Dordrecht Festival
- La Duchessa nel sotterraneo by Giacomo Branca (in Italian) Article on the staging of Paër's 1799 opera Camilla, ossia Il sotterraneo at Parma, May 4, 2000
- Giuseppe Persiani: Leben und Werk by Thomas Lindner (in German) Article on Persiani's life and work together with an outline of his opera Ines de Castro. (This opera is now available on Bongiovanni GB 2263/4) Top2001Newsletter 82, February 2001.
The content of Newsletter 82 includes:-
- Anna Bolena riconosciuta by Alexander Weatherson A reassessment of the Anna Bolena score in the light of a recent performance in Cremona
- Da Londra a Gerusalemme via Cremona-Genova by Alexander Weatherson A further article on the Cremona Anna Bolena
- Verona: Algo mas que una plegaria by Jorge Binaghi (in Spanish) Rossini's Mose'in Egitto at Verona
- Gomes at the Bloomsbury by Keith Larsen Dorset Opera's production of Salvator Rosa at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 2001
- Barcellona: Un Ballo in M...Utande by Jorge Binaghi (in Italian) Un ballo in maschera at the Liceu
- Elisir d'amore by Constantin Erbiceanu L'elisir d'amore at Bucharest
- Ein exotischer Thriller by Dr. Günter R Gruber (in German) Adam's Si, j'etais roi at Wexford 2000
- In memoria di Santo Palermo by Carmelo Neri (in Italian) Short obituary of the author of Mercadante - Biografia Epistolario
- Genova: In francese e' piu lunga... by Jorge Binaghi (in Italian)
- Rossini's Otello in Martina Franca: some observations by Philip Gossett Comments on the score used at the Martina Franca performance of Otello and on Dr. Gruber's article about it (see Newsletter 81).
- The Atti of the 1st Convegno Internazionale Mayriano Citta di Bergamo, 1993 by John Stewart Allitt. Comments on the belated publication of the papers from the 1993 Convegno.
- Dischi G. Donizetti Amore e morte. Voca 002. Review of a CD of songs by Piero Mioli.
Newsletter 83, June 2001.
The content of Newsletter 83 includes:-
- A Faenza, per il Festival di Opere Rere rivive Il Paria di Donizetti by PierAngelo Perlucchi (in Italian) Article on Donizetti's Il Paria revived in Faenza (Ravenna)
- Il Paria di Donizetti e il suo musicale messagio di tolleranza by Piero Mioli (in Italian) A further article on Donizetti's Il Paria
- Osservazioni su due recenti revisioni donizettiane by Giacomo Branca (in Italian) Article on recent revisions of Donizetti's Il Paria and La romanziera e i'uomo nero
- Ginevra di Scozia by John Stewart Allitt Article on Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia revived at Trieste and recorded by Opera Rara. This performance was based on a reconstruction of the score from later versions as, apparently, no autograph score existed. However, the latter has now come to light.
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