Category Archives: Composers and librettists
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Jesi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi hometown Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born in 1710 in
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…
Donizetti moves to Paris in 1834-1835 Gaetano Donizetti was called, along with Bellini, by Rossini in…
The beginning of Donizetti’s career At the beginning of his career, Donizetti writes mainly for the…
The split between Italian and European music During the first half of the nineteen century starts…
Genesis of La Sonnamula Getting closer the deadline for the presentation of a new opera at…
I Capuleti e i Montecchi genesis Bellini composed I Capuleti e i Montecchi in one and…