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Donizetti

American  
[don-i-zet-ee, daw-nee-dzet-tee] / ˌdɒn ɪˈzɛt i, ˌdɔ niˈdzɛt ti /

noun

  1. Gaetano 1797–1848, Italian operatic composer.


Donizetti British  
/ 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Written by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, this 1835 gothic opera is centered on a character named Lucia.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024

And while tapping his foot to the music of Donizetti, Bellini or Verdi, the confirmed bachelor might have conjured an act of civic generosity that ended up supporting arias in centuries to come.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022

As she began with a set of French songs by Duparc, Viardot, Chausson, Donizetti and Delibes, her high notes were thin and stiff.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022

Edita Gruberova, a soprano who reigned over world opera stages for decades, dazzling audiences with her shimmering pianissimos and vocal pyrotechnics in the works of composers including Donizetti, Verdi and Richard Strauss, died Oct.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

Athena olive oil tins lined the front window next to a bust of Donizetti.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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