Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Category: bel canto
219. Maria Padilla (Donizetti)
How far will an ambitious woman go for love?
218. L’assedio di Calais (Donizetti)
Donizetti’s response to French grand opéra.
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
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