Are you preparing for a Junior Recital, Senior Recital, or Graduate Recital? Deciding upon the perfect program of music for your performance is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. A vocalist must carefully select the right balance of music to appropriately highlight vocal skills. Curated from our database, here are 24 selections perfect… Read More
Gaetano Donizetti
Selected bass arias by Gaetano Donizetti, hand-curated by Fach
We conclude our blog series on Donizetti with a collection of Bass arias, hand-curated by Fach and most with listening links, available on IPA Source. The collections in this post have been hand-selected and grouped by IPA Source Founder & Principal Author, Bard Suverkrop. The Italian composer, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti), born November 29,… Read More
Selected tenor arias by Gaetano Donizetti, hand-curated by Fach
We continue our blog series on Donizetti with a collection of tenor arias, hand-curated by Fach and most with listening links, available on IPA Source. The collections in this post have been hand-selected and grouped by IPA Source Founder & Principal Author, Bard Suverkrop. The Italian composer, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti), born November 29,… Read More
Five French Art Songs, set by Gaetano Donizetti
In 1838, the Paris Opéra commissioned Gaetano Donizetti for two works. Due in part to his rising frustrations with censorial limitations that existed in Italy, Donizetti seized the opportunity to work in Paris, where he felt he had more editorial freedom. He spent the next 10 years working in Paris, while traveling between Naples, Rome,… Read More
Selected mezzo / contralto arias by Gaetano Donizetti, hand-curated by Fach
We continue our blog series on Donizetti with a collection of mezzo / contralto arias, hand-curated by Fach and most with listening links, available on IPA Source. The collections in this post have been hand-selected and grouped by IPA Source Founder & Principal Author, Bard Suverkrop. The Italian composer, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti), born… Read More
Thirty Italian art songs, set by Gaetano Donizetti
From our collection of Donizetti texts, here are 30 of Gaetano Donizetti’s Italian art songs. IPA Source also has arias for 21 of Donizetti’s operas. In total, there are 121 Gaetano Donizetti texts on IPA Source. Learn more about Gaetano Donizetti via our first post in the series or via Wikipedia here. Thirty Italian art… Read More
Selected baritone arias by Gaetano Donizetti, hand-curated by Fach
We continue our blog series on Donizetti with a collection of baritone arias, hand-curated by Fach and with listening links, that are available on IPA Source. The Italian composer, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti), born November 29, 1797, was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century, along… Read More
Selected soprano arias by Gaetano Donizetti, hand-curated by Fach
The Italian composer, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Gaetano Donizetti), born November 29, 1797, was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century, along Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini. It is thought that Donizetti’s close association with the bel canto style influenced other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi. At the… Read More