Donald Macleod charts Donizetti's early life, including his composing as a teenager an early version of Pygmalion. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on Donizetti's life in the late 1830s, by which time he had tired completely of Naples. Show more

Donald Macleod explains how Donizetti consolidated his success in Naples and reached new heights with the first of the 'Three Queens' operas, Anna Bolena. Show more

Donald Macleod on how Donizetti became exasperated by the pettiness and incompetence of Naples's opera houses and felt frustrated by the attitude of the city's strict censors. Show more

Donald Macleod discusses the devastating physical and mental collapse Donizetti suffered shortly after the premiere of his grand opera Dom Sebastien, roi de Portugal. Show more