Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Exactly why a handful of Donizetti operas have risen to the top of the pile, leaving so many others at the bottom, is ...

Linda di Chamounix is a pretty country girl who is in love with Carlo, who she believes is a penniless artist. Her honour is threatened by the local squire and she escapes to Paris in search of ...

Last week at Caramoor, Will Crutchfield tried hard to demonstrate Verdi’s debt to old-fashioned bel canto grace. The blood-and-gutsy vehicle was Il trovatore (1853), to which the maestro applied a ...

For sure Donizetti spins out his fragile plot line with all manner of crowd-pleasing numbers. The felicitous orchestral touches are many, beginning with a cosily inviting pastorale, replete with ...

Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix, once at the forefront of his works, has all but disappeared from the lyric repertoire. At first glance this is not hard to understand – The tale of a virtuous maiden ...

Acclaimed soprano Edita Gruberova stars as the title character in this 1996 production of Gaetano Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix," featuring the Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House under ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Broadside from The Park Theatre in ...

Mark Elder conducted Linda di Chamounix, the opening concert of the Royal Opera's new season A title that most opera-lovers have heard of, but few have actually heard, Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix ...

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