Donizetti Museum

Museo Donizettiano

General information
Address| Via Arena, 9
Town or city| Bergamo
Country| Italy
Coordinates| 45°42′13.81″N 9°39′36.18″E﻿ / ﻿45.7038361°N 9.6600500°E﻿ / 45.7038361; 9.6600500
Website
www.donizetti.org/en/visit-bergamo/the-donizetti-museum/

The Donizetti Museum (Museo Donizettiano) is a cultural site in Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It is dedicated to the composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), who was born in the city.

## History

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The centenary in 1897 of the composer's birth was marked in Bergamo by an exhibition at the Palazzo delle Scuole in Contrada Tre Passi, and the unveiling of the Donizetti Monument in Piazza Cavour. From these events the idea of a permanent exhibition originated.[1]

The Rota Basoni family had looked after the composer during the last months of his life. In 1902 Giovanna Ginevra Rota Basoni, widow of Giovanmaria Scotti [it], donated what the family possessed at Palazzo Scotti [it] of the composer's belongings to the Congregation of Charity of Bergamo; these included the furnishings of the room where the composer died, a portrait painted in 1848 by Giuseppe Rillosi [it], autograph scores, books and personal belongings.[1]

They were donated on condition that the material should be preserved in a museum. The collection was the basis of the Donizetti Museum, which opened in September 1906. Further exhibits have been added over the following decades. Guido Zavadini (1868–1958) was the museum's director from 1909 to his death, and published a catalogue of the museum in 1936.[1]

## Description

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The museum is on the first floor of the Domus Magna [it], in Via Arena [it]. An exhibition of portraits, memorabilia and documents shows the composer at different stages of his life: his studies in Bergamo and Bologna from 1806 to 1817, the developing composer to 1822, and the successful composer of operas between then and 1845. It also shows the personal life of Donizetti, and, through autograph scores, the composer at work.[1][2]

## See also

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* Donizetti's birthplace
* List of music museums

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museo Donizettiano (Bergamo).

1. ^ a b c d "Museo Donizettiano" Museo delle storie di Bergamo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
2. ^ "The Donizetti Museum" www.donizetti.org. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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List of operas

Operas|

* Il Pigmalione (1816)
* Olimpiade (1817)
* L'ira di Achille (1817)
* Enrico di Borgogna (1818)
* Una follia (1818)
* I piccioli virtuosi ambulanti (1819)
* Il falegname di Livonia (1819)
* Le nozze in villa (1820)
* Zoraida di Granata (1822)
* La zingara (1822)
* La lettera anonima (1822)
* Chiara e Serafina, o Il pirata (1822)
* Alfredo il grande (1823)
* Il fortunato inganno (1823)
* L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (1824)
* Emilia di Liverpool (1824)
* Alahor in Granata (1826)
* Don Gregorio (1826)
* Elvida (1826)
* Gabriella di Vergy (1826)
* Olivo e Pasquale (1827)
* Otto mesi in due ore (1827)
* Il borgomastro di Saardam (1827)
* Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (1827)
* L'esule di Roma (1828)
* L'eremitaggio di Liverpool (1828)
* Alina, regina di Golconda (1828)
* Gianni di Calais (1828)
* Il paria (1829)
* Il giovedì grasso (1829)
* Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth (1829)
* I pazzi per progetto (1830)
* Il diluvio universale (1830)
* Imelda de' Lambertazzi (1830)
* Anna Bolena (1830)
* Gianni di Parigi (1828-31)
* Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (1831)
* Francesca di Foix (1831)
* La romanziera e l'uomo nero (1831)
* Fausta (1832)
* Ugo, conte di Parigi (1832)
* L'elisir d'amore (1832)
* Sancia di Castiglia (1832)
* Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (1833)
* Otto mesi in due ore (1833)
* Parisina (1833)
* Torquato Tasso (1833)
* Lucrezia Borgia (1833)
* Il diluvio universale (1834)
* Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (1834)
* Maria Stuarda (1834)
* Buondelmonte (1834)
* Gemma di Vergy (1834)
* Marino Faliero (1835)
* Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
* Belisario (1836)
* Il campanello (1836)
* Betly, o La capanna svizzera (1836)
* L'assedio di Calais (1836)
* Pia de' Tolomei (1837)
* Roberto Devereux (1837)
* Maria de Rudenz (1838)
* Poliuto (1838)
* Pia de' Tolomei (1838)
* Lucie de Lammermoor (1839)
* Le duc d'Albe (1839)
* L'Ange de Nisida (1839)
* Lucrezia Borgia (1840)
* Les martyrs (1840)
* La fille du régiment (1840)
* La favorite (1840)
* Adelia (1841)
* Rita (1841)
* Maria Padilla (1841)
* Linda di Chamounix (1842)
* Caterina Cornaro (1844)
* Don Pasquale (1843)
* Maria di Rohan (1843)
* Dom Sébastien (1843)

Other compositions|

* Requiem (1835)

Related|

* Donizetti Monument
* Donizetti Museum
* Donizetti's birthplace

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Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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