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Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Live)

5/19/2017, 36 Tracks, 2:24:06

Featuring

  • Sebastiano Rolli
  • Raffaella Lupinacci
  • Eva Mei
  • Dario Schmunck
  • Nicola Ulivieri
  • Jessica Pratt
  • Donizetti Opera Orchestra
  • Donizetti Opera Choir
  • Felice Romani

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Composition History

Gaetano Donizetti, the composer, was considered the most important operatic composer in Italy after Vincenzo Bellini's departure for Paris.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The opera Rosmonda d'Inghilterra marked the end of composer Gaetano Donizetti's working relationship with librettist Felice Romani.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The opera's creation was so rapid that a satirical article imagined Donizetti was forced to write the entire work in a cave by bandits before sunrise.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Despite the public liking the music, the opera's score did not produce the expected effect, being rich in harmony but not allowing the vocal melodies to be fully enjoyed.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The libretto for Donizetti's opera was a quick adaptation by Felice Romani, who modified a text he had already prepared in 1829 for another composer, Carlo Coccia.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Donizetti reused Rosmonda's first cavatina, "Perché non ho del vento," in the French version of his more famous opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.

Source: Booklet

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