November 29 - Gaetano Donizetti (The Musical Birthday Series; 4th Annual Cycle)

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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