Category Archives: History of Italian Opera
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The birth of Gaetano Donizetti Gaetano Donizetti, was born in Bergamo on November 29th 1797, fifth child…
The compelling power of Zandonai’s best opera Francesca da Rimini is the best known of
Jesi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi hometown Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born in 1710 in
What is Rigoletto it about? This sounds like a simple question, which could be answered by telling the story of the…
Bologna, the perfect setting for a Secret Marriage The Secret Marriage composed by Cimarosa on…
Roberto Bachi, a boy like any other Roberto Bachi was a boy like any other. Born in Turin in 1929…
Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini tells of the tragic love story between Paolo and Francesca, told by Dante Alighieri in…
Verismo composers were mainly opera composers; the new generation of composers was different, more eclectic. Franco Alfano’s two symphonies, among…
At the end of 19th century it became clear that the style used in opera until 1890s couldn’t be used…
When the diva is a mezzo Romantic opera brought at the centre of the stage sopranos, heroines of every love…