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Gaetano Donizetti
Italian composer
Years: 1797 - 1848
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) is an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy.
His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore (1832), Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), and Don Pasquale (1843), all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment (both from 1840).
Along with Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini, he is a leading composer of bel canto opera.
