Bernard Shaw's quip that in Italian operas the soprano and the tenor want to make love, and the baritone tries to stop them, certainly applies to Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, due to be given its first ever performances in Taiwan in Taipei's National Theater next weekend. Read More
Supporters of Rochester Music Guild enjoyed an evening in Italy on Nov. 6 without having to leave the United States. Read More
On a chilly fall morning, Sandra McPherson lugs her instruments into downtown's Community Center Theater to rehearse the Sacramento Opera's rendition of The Elixir of Love , the Gaetano Donizetti story of a farm laborer's unrequited affection for his boss's daughter. Read More
Born in a ten-year period, Rossini, Donizetti, and their younger compatriot Vincenzo Bellini virtually define the period in ... Read the full Gaetano Donizetti bio.