Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Donizetti's most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), and arguably his most immediately recognizable piece of music is the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore (1832). Along with Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera.
The youngest of three sons, Donizetti was born in 17...
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Date of birth:
- Nov 29, 1797
Date of death:
- Apr 8, 1848 (age 50 years)
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Also known as:
- Donizetti, Gaetano,
- Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti
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