Previous posts for November 29th are here: Gustave Reese; Gaetano Donizetti (2019), Gaetano Donizetti (2020), and John Gary; Gaetano Donizetti (2021)
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Gaetano Donizetti (29 November 1797 - April 1848) was one of the most important and popular
of nineteenth-century opera composers.
She Had to Be from Somewhere (Emilia di Liverpool)
Emilia, daughter of Claudio, the "Count of Liverpool", lives in a hermitage doing good works among the people of Liverpool. [etc] -- Wikipedia, s.v. "Emilia di Liverpool"
Emilia di Liverpool is mocked; -
Its title on marquees produces laughter.
What led a great composer to concoct
A work that would be scorned forever after?
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Uneven Distribution (The Elixir of Love)
When the tenor sang “Una furtiva”
The soprano had threaten to leave a
Show where the hit
Is the tenor’s and it
Isn’t matched by a turn for the diva.
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