Donizetti

[don-i-zet-ee, daw-nee-dzet-tee]

noun

1. Gaetano 1797–1848, Italian operatic composer.

Donizetti

/ ˌdɒnɪˈzɛtɪ, donidˈdzetti /

noun

1. Gaetano (ɡaeˈtaːno). 1797–1848, Italian operatic composer: his works include Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), La Fille du régiment (1840), and Don Pasquale (1843)

Example Sentences

“Hotel Metamorphosis” was followed Friday night by a new production of Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda.”

From Los Angeles Times

He has been the musical soul of Heartbeat since its founding, adapting works by Puccini, Donizetti and more with a vision as creative as each production’s director.

From New York Times

Callas played Anne Boleyn, a doomed wife of Henry VIII, in a somewhat lesser-known Donizetti opera.

From New York Times

“I’m not turning down Adinas and Susannas left and right to choose this work, but I’m very, very happy that this work did choose me,” she said, referring to famous Mozart and Donizetti roles.

From Seattle Times

The conductor of “Lady Macbeth,” Keri-Lynn Wilson, was also making her debut, and showed mastery of Shostakovich’s score, which is in a savage, if often eerily beautiful, mode that would have stunned Donizetti.

From New York Times