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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 prior to 2010 are here and after 2010 are here. |
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"Donizetti in the limelight" by Jonathan Keates, International Record Review, pp. 16-20, July 2000. Article briefly covering Donizetti's life and career.
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.
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.
A note from Newsletter 98 on the use of Sax's instruments in Donizetti's operas
Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros and the birth of Greek ottocento opera Short article on the founder of the Greek ottocento school, a longer version of which appeared in Newsletter 99.
Jacopo Foroni - Eine erstaunliche Karriere Article (in German) on Jacopo Foroni's career, part of an article " Cristina, Regina di Svezia" by Geerd Heinsen from Newsletter 102, pages 6 & 7, written for the revival of Foroni's Cristina, Regina di Svezia at the 2007 Vadstena Festival, Sweden.
Article on the University of California's Cylinder Preservation Project by Russell Burdekin from Newsletter 104.
Johann Simon Mayr's "Fedra" - eine spate Oper eines reifen Meisters Article (in German) on Mayr's Fedra by Geerd Heinsen from Newsletter 104. You will need an Adobe Acrobat reader, available free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?promoid=BUIGO or for a reader with a much smaller download http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm TopAn article on the recent Bergamo production of Donizetti's La Favorite by Stella Rollet from Newsletter 105.
The Stuarts and their kith and kin Alexander Weatherson's article discussing aspects of Pacini's Allan Cameron, from Newsletter 106.
Donizetti's cantata Canto d'Ugolino Remarks by Ian Caddy on the recent publication of vocal and orchestral scores on Donizetti's cantata Canto d'Ugolino.
Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa No. 9 in Pip Clayton's series Opera in London during the Nineteenth-Century in which he traces the career of the noted Victorian conductor and composer.
Martin Deasy has published an article on "Local Color: Donizetti's Il furioso in Naples" in 19th-Century Music, Summer 2008, Vol. 32, No. 1, Pages 3–25. See here for abstract.
Anders Wiklund's article on the sources for his edition of Cagnoni's Re Lear, included in Newsletter 108
Review of Gilles de Van's book Gaetano Donizetti A review by Stella Rollet of Gilles de Van's book Gaetano Donizetti that appeared in Newsletter 109.
A new edition of Donizetti's Belisario When Buenos Aires Lirica produced Donizetti's Belisario in July 2010, Juan Casasbellas created a reduced score of the opera for an orchestra of 37, more details of which can be found here.
Summer Bel Canto in New York State Dan Foley's comments on Donizetti's Maria di Rohan and Bellini's Norma at the Caramoor Festival, which appeared in Newsletter 111.
Persiani and Rubini - Dublin 1838 Article by Basil Walsh on a concert in Dublin starring Fanny Taccinardi-Persiani and Giovanni Battista Rubini that first appeared in Newsletter 113.
Casa Natale di Gaetano Donizetti Photographs and information on the house where Donizetti was born, which is now a museum.
Photographs and information on Bergamo, Donizetti's home town.
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