Category Archives: Places off the beaten track
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The birth of Gaetano Donizetti Gaetano Donizetti, was born in Bergamo on November 29th 1797, fifth child…
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…
A more authentic and original touristic experience
The town of Jesi, birthplace of emperor Frederick II of Swabia Jesi, home town to…
When the diva is a mezzo Romantic opera brought at the centre of the stage sopranos, heroines of every love…
Vincenzo Bellini and the Prince of Biscari, two great Sicilians If a great composer such as Vincenzo Bellini was born…
Donizetti’s full mastery of the comic style. L’Elisir d’amore is the first opera in which Donizetti…
Bellini’s “volcanic” character Francesco Florimo, his lifetime friend, described Bellini as “a pure, sweet, grateful, modest…
A longlasting relation The relation between Pesaro and Luciano Pavarotti will live on. His family announced that…