"L'Elisir d'Amore" (The Elixir of Love) will be broadcast from Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu on WQXR (@wqxr.bsky.social) at 1 p.m. EDT with Pretty Yende (Adina), Michael Spyres (Nemorino) & Jan Antem (Belcore), Diego Matheuz conducting #GaetanoDonizetti's #opera:

www.wqxr.org/story/donize...

"Lucia di Lammermoor" premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli #OnThisDay in 1835; loosely based upon Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel," it is #GaetanoDonizetti's most popular #opera & the sextet is a moment of sheer genius:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1z...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_d...

#LucreziaBorgia was born #OnThisDay in 1480, rumored to have poisoned rivals & enemies; how much of this is true is unclear, but her story inspired #GaetanoDonizetti's 1833 #opera; here's "Com'è bello":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezi...
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#LucreziaBorgia was born #OnThisDay in 1480; her story inspired #GaetanoDonizetti's 1833 #opera; here's #MontserratCaballé singing the aria "Com'è bello! Quale incanto":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezi...

"L'Elisir d'Amore" premiered at the Teatro della Canobbiana in Milan #OnThisDay in 1832; one of #GaetanoDonizetti's most popular comedies, this #opera also has his greatest aria — "Una furtiva lagrima" — sung here by #EnricoCaruso:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t936...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27eli...

"Anna Bolena" premiered at the Teatro Carcano in Milan #OnThisDay in 1830; #GaetanoDonizetti's #opera about #AnneBoleyn was a big hit; here's Montserrat Caballé singing "Al dolce guidami" in concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in 1966
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfCl...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bo...

#LuciaDiLammermoor will be broadcast from La Scala on WQXR at 1 p.m. EDT with Rosa Feola as #GaetanoDonizetti's heroine, Piero Pretti (Edgardo), Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico) & Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo), Speranza Scappucci conducting Donizetti's most popular #opera:

www.wqxr.org/story/donize...

"L'Elisir d'Amore" premiered at the Teatro della Canobbiana in Milan #OnThisDay in 1832; one of #GaetanoDonizetti's most popular comedies, this #opera also has his greatest aria — "Una furtiva lagrima" — sung here by #EnricoCaruso:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t936...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27eli...

"La Fille du Régiment" (The Daughter of the Regiment) is being broadcast live from the Met now on WQXR (@wqxr.bsky.social) with Erin Morley (Marie), Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio) & Susan Graham (Marquise) with Giacomo Sagripanti conducting #GaetanoDonizetti's #opera:

www.wqxr.org/story/donize...

#LucreziaBorgia was born #OnThisDay in 1480; how much of the dark legend is true is unclear but she inspired #GaetanoDonizetti's #opera; here's #MontserratCaballé singing "Com'è bello! Quale incanto":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezi...

"Lucia di Lammermoor" premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli #OnThisDay in 1835; loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel," it is #GaetanoDonizetti's most popular #opera & the sextet is a moment of genius:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1z...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_d...

#DonPasquale premiered in Paris #OnThisDay in 1843; "Lucia di Lammermoor" may be more dramatic," but this is arguably #GaetanoDonizetti's most perfectly crafted #opera & his greatest comedy; here's a production with Ruggero Raimondi:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZ-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pas...