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| Composer | Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Alphonse Royer, Gustave Vaëz, Eugène Scribe |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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ParisKristina Mkhitaryan, Aigul Akhmetshina
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Bellini, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
Kristina Mkhitaryan; Aigul Akhmetshina; Pavel Nebolsin
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La Favorite opens the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo
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The wonderful Javier Camarena joins Annalisa Stroppa, making her role debut, in a strong cast for a complete original version of La Favorite, in a successful production by Valentina Carrasco.
Javier Camarena in an exciting concert at the Opernhaus Zurich
The Opernhaus Zurich treated its audience to an evening of bel canto, with tenor Javier Camarena accompanied at the piano by Enrico Maria Cacciari.
Barton shines in La Favorite in Madrid
Jamie Barton stole the show in a lacklustre concert performance in Madrid.
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VeniceLa Favorite
Donizetti: La Favorite
Donato Renzetti; Rosetta Cucchi; Teatro La Fenice; Massimo Checchetto; Claudia Pernigotti; Veronica Simeoni; John Osborn
MunichLa FavoriteNew production
Donizetti: La Favorite
Karel Mark Chichon; Amélie Niermeyer; Bavarian State Opera; Alexander Müller-Elmau; Kirsten Dephoff; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
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Bachtrack top ten: Gaetano Donizetti
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A hugely successful composer of bel canto opera, Gaetano Donizetti had a lasting impact, with many of his operas entering regular rotation in houses around the world for almost 200 years.