Composer of the Week - Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Italian opera dynamo Donizetti, a prolific composer who quickly achieved fame around the world
Composer of the Week - Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores Donizetti's Neapolitan years and an early taste of first local, then international success. With excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore.
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Composer of the Week - Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores Donizetti's problems with censorship, which finally drove him to abandon Naples for Paris. Includes excerpts from Lucrezia Borgia, Maria Stuarda and Poliuto.
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Composer of the Week - Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod describes how Donizetti took Paris by storm, something which led a despairing Hector Berlioz to complain of an 'invasion'.
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Composer of the Week - Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod focuses on Donizetti's non-operatic works, including the Requiem he wrote in memory of his friend Vincenzo Bellini.
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Composer of the Week - Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod focuses on Donizetti's appointment as court composer to the Austrian emperor - 12,000 francs 'for doing nothing', as he quipped.
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