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Composer of the Week: Donizetti

Tue 28^th May 2002, 09:00 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores Donizetti's early operatic triumphs.
Giudici ad Anna; Ah Segnata E la Mia
Sorte; In Seperato Carcere (Anna Bolena )
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Julius Rudel
Piangete Voi?; Al Dolce Guidami Castel Natio (Anna Bolena )
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Julius Rudel
Com e Bello (Lucrezia Borgia )
RCA Italian Opera Orchestra, conductor Jonel Perlea
II Segretto per Esser Felici (Lucrezia Borgia )
London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Bonynge
Sei Tu Confuso ?; Era d 'Amor (Maria Stuarda)
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale
Bologna, conductor Richard Bonynge
Favorita del Re; Spirito Gentil (La Favorita)
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale
Bologna, conductor Richard Bonynge

Contributors

Unknown:: Donald MacLeod
Unknown:: Anna Bolena
Conductor:: Julius Rudel
Unknown:: Anna Bolena
Conductor:: Julius Rudel
Unknown:: Lucrezia Borgia
Conductor:: Jonel Perlea
Unknown:: Esser Felici
Unknown:: Lucrezia Borgia
Conductor:: Richard Bonynge
Conductor:: Richard Bonynge
Conductor:: Richard Bonynge
Enrico:: Paul Plishka (bass)
Anna Bolena:: Beverly Sills (soprano)
Giovanna Seymour:: Shirley Verrett (mezzo)
Lord Rochefort:: Robert Lloyd (bass)
Lord Riccardo Percy:: Stuart Burrows (tenor)
Smeton:: Patricia Kern (mezzo)
Anna Bolena:: Beverly Sills (soprano)
Lucrezia Borgia:: Montserrat Caballe (soprano)
Orsini:: Marilyn Horne (mezzo)
Queen Elizabeth I:: Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Lord Leicester:: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Fernando:: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Source: Radio Times

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