Donizetti, lionized
Just when you thought it was safe to return to Rossini and Verdi—blam!
Duncan Hartman
5 pieces since 2012 — in 5 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Amore Opera.
5
pieces
5
roles
2
companies
15
years
By company
Role Callistene
Role Don Olivo
The odd Pasquale
At the age of thirty, Donizetti was already the experienced composer of about eighteen operas, both serious and farcical, but as Olivo e Pasquale (currently undergoing its American premiere run at Amore Opera) makes clear, the comic works were no slight matter.
Role Oroveso
Virgin territory
When Arthur Sullivan (not yet Sir Arthur) composed his “dramatic oratorio” The Martyr of Antioch in 1880, he had just completed The Pirates of Penzance.
Role Pa Dowling
Imagined possibilities
The opera Patience and Sarah is a fantastic example of radical creativity.
Role Sarastro
Beyond the Valley of the Freemasons
An impresario with a hit on his hands—Emanuel Schikaneder, for instance, after the initial run of Die Zauberflöte—will crave nothing so much as an opportunity to hit the same bell.