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The following articles are drawn from various Donizetti Society Newsletters as well as from original sources. Reviews and pictures from past productions are here.
Anna Bolena riconosciuta by Alexander Weatherson, Newsletter 82, February 2001. A reassessment of the score in the light of a production seen in Cremona
Louise-Angelique' Bertin, Dilettante or Icon? by Douglas M. Bennett, Newsletter 85 An introductory article on Louise Bertin and her opera La Esmeralda, whose libretto was written by Victor Hugo using ideas suggested by his novel, Notre-Dame de Paris.
La Esmeralda in Besançon by Douglas M. Bennett, Newsletter 86 A further article on a performance in Besançon of Louise Bertin's 1836 opera with its libretto by Victor Hugo. Newsletter 85 had an introductory article. The article on the web site includes two appendices not printed in the Newsletter.
A man for all stagioni by Alexander Weatherson, Newsletter 88, February 2003. A discussion on the background to Meyerbeer's Margherita d'Anjou and comments on a concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall, London on November 2, 2002. Top
Ugo, conte di Parigi by Alexander Weatherson and John Black, Newsletter 89, June 2003. A discussion on the background to Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi. Performances are planned in Catania, Sicily in December, 2004
Élisabeth, ou la fille de l'exilé by Will Crutchfield. These extensive introductory notes were written for the first performance of this reconstructed French version of Donizetti's opera at the Caramoor Festival, New York, July 17 & 19, 2003.
Queen of Dissent: Mary Stuart and the opera in her honour by Carlo Coccia by Alexander Weatherson An article written in 2001 at the request of the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo to mark their revival of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda. As well as describing Coccia's opera on this subject and some parallels with Donizetti's later opera, it seeks to rectify some of the misconceptions that have grown up surrounding the withdrawal of the latter at the demand of the censor before its first planned performance in Naples.
Carrer Marathon Salamis, by Alexander Weatherson, Newsletter 92, June 2004. An article on Carrer's 1866 opera that was given its world premiere in Athens in February 2004. TopLucia: some accidents of Locality Newsletters 93 and 94 could not do justice to the photographs included in Douglas Bennett's article on the background to Lucia and so larger full colour versions have been made available.
Swansea City Opera & The Opera School Wales are in the process of applying for funding towards a new project named A Star next Door –Patti’s Impact on a Welsh Valley, the main aim of which is to rediscover and celebrate the life and times of 19th Century opera star, Adelina Patti who lived at Craig Y Nos Castle in the Upper Swansea Valley.
New operatic resource for music of the Marches region of Italy Following a project started in 1995 entitled, "Riscoperta della Civiltà Musicale Marchigiana" ( "Rediscovering the Musical Heritage of the Marches Region"), a new opera resource is now available in Jesi, Italy, of scores, recordings and other documentation pertaining to opera by composers with links to the Marches region of Italy.
Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros Short article on the founder of the Greek ottocento school. Top |
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