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Donizetti was not an especial success as a choirboy, but in 1806 he was one of the first pupils to be enrolled at the Lezioni Caritatevoli school, founded by Johann Simon Mayr, in Bergamo through a full scholarship. He received detailed training in the arts of fugue and counterpoint, and it was here that he launched his operatic career. After some minor compositions under the commission of Paolo Zanca, Donizetti wrote his fourth opera, Zoraïda di Granata. This work impressed Domenico Barbaia, a prominent theatre manager, and Donizetti was offered a contract to compose in Naples. Writing in Rome and Milan in addition to Naples, Donizetti achieved some success (his 31 operas written in the space of just 12 years were usually popular successes, but the critics were often unimpressed), but was not well known internationally until 1830, when his Anna Bolena was premiered in Milan. He almost instantly became famous throughout Europe.
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The Hotel Donizetti is about 20 minutes out of Bergamo on the bus. Taxi fare to the town was 20 Euro and from the airport 20 euro and back from the old town 30 euro. Soon gathered how to use public transport and bought 3 day ticket from finicular for 5 euros.
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Donizetti was reputed to have great facility and could compose very quickly. His favorite librettist was Salvadore Cammarano, with whom he first collaborated on Lucia di Lammermoor. Donizetti often assisted in writing the librettos for his operas. He completed 65 operas during his career; L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale, and Lucia di Lammermoor are generally considered the outstanding examples of his work. His compositional style proved influential for future Italian opera composers, most notably Verdi.
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As a ragged child in Bergamo, Donizetti had the good fortune to meet his teacher the Bavarian-born composer Johann Simon Mayr, who had changed his name to Giovanni Simone Mayr, who was Maestro di Cappella in Lombardy. Mayr became his mentor and later sent the young Donizetti to Bologna for further musical training with Padre Stanislao Mattei.
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Ideally situated within few miles from Bergamo city, the newly built Hotel Donizetti is optimal for today's business person. It offers the guest confort and convenience with excellent standard of service. Efficent and friendly staff will welcome you at reception. Placed in "Platani Shopping Centre" where Beauty Salon, hairdresser, pizzeria, pub and a fully licensed public restaurant with live music, providing the perfect setting for anything from a businessman's lunch to a fully "menù a la carte", are available. You'll find the ideal environment for a relaxing stop-over and a perfect base for a most enjoyable stay.
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Those who know Donizetti through the “standards”—Don Pasquale, Lucia di Lammermoor, and L’elisir d’amore—owe it to themselves to hear Dom Sébastien. An 1984 recording on the Legato Classics label exists but to get the full power and sheer dynamic drama of the work, Opera Rara’s three CD box with (as always) exhaustive liner notes is a better choice. As usual, Opera Rara has issued a recording that boasts historical integrity; the score employed was based on the one edited by musicologist Mary Ann Smart and published by Ricordi in 2003 as part of its Critical Edition of Donizetti’s works. A critical edition painstakingly traces all authorized versions and revisions... allowing modern interpreters a number of performance choices that will still reflect the work in its original forms. Opera Rara has taken this responsibility to heart, even including libretto passages by Dom Sébastien’s librettist Eugène Scribe that Donizetti may never have set. Also, three tracks faithfully interpret the music of the opera’s ballet, that ubiquitous element in French opera.
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