Donizetti

[ don-i-zet-ee; Italian daw-nee-dzet-tee ]

/ ˌdɒn ɪˈzɛt i; Italian ˌdɔ niˈdzɛt ti /

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noun

Ga·e·ta·no

[gah-e-tah-naw], /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/, 1797–1848, Italian operatic composer.

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How to use Donizetti in a sentence

The operatic repertoire at that date consisted mostly of works by Bellini, Donizetti, and Mercadante.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
Donizetti composed his first opera, "Enrico di Borgogna," in 1819, while serving as a soldier in Venice.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
Paganini's monocorde was nothing to it, for they 'll go through a whole scena of Donizetti with only one note in their voice.
Roland Cashel|Charles James Lever
"Old Rossini and Donizetti and those fellows are good enough for me," declared Carter.
The Four Corners Abroad|Amy Ella Blanchard

Beginning, then, with the Italian school, we note that Donizetti has been particularly favoured by the parodists.
A Book of Burlesque|Willam Davenport Adams

British Dictionary definitions for Donizetti

Donizetti

/ (ˌdɒnɪˈzɛtɪ, Italian donidˈdzetti) /

noun

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

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