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The score was discovered by William Limonta and Michele Enrico Poli during the cataloguing and survey of the musical collections of the Diocese

Its first modern performance will take place on November 29, the anniversary of the composer’s birth (Dies Natalis), at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, performed by the Cappella Musicale as part of the Donizetti Opera festival 2026

The Diocese of Bergamo and the Donizetti Theatre Foundation announces the discovery of an unpublished autograph composition by Gaetano Donizetti in the Historical Archive of the Library of the “Giovanni XXIII” Episcopal Seminary in Bergamo. The discovery, made on February 24, 2026, was the result of the work of musicologist William Limonta and local historian and archivist Michele Enrico Poli, within the framework of a project to catalogue the musical collections of the Diocese of Bergamo, coordinated by the Diocesan Historical Archive.

The composition is preserved in the institution’s Music Collection, a collection that had never previously been examined or catalogued, consisting of more than 860 items, including manuscript and printed music dating from the early nineteenth century to the final decades of the twentieth century.

The newly discovered Donizetti work, comprising four folios, sets to music the text of the Psalm Dixit, divided into its individual verses, through a simple yet effective musical language, consistent with the stylistic traits of the young composer.

Written for three male voices a cappella (two tenors and one bass), the piece has been dated to the period between 1818 and 1821, when Donizetti, having returned from his studies in Bologna under Father Stanislao Mattei, was living in Bergamo, where he established connections with the Pezzoli Grataroli and Quarenghi families in Almenno.

Although the manuscript bears no autograph signature, William Limonta’s intuition that it might be an autograph work by Gaetano Donizetti led to a handwriting analysis carried out by Fabrizio Capitanio, Curator of the Gaetano Donizetti Music Library, and Paolo Fabbri, Scientific Director of the Donizetti Studies Centre of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation. Their examination confirmed both the authorship and the originality of the composition.

On Friday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m., the Bergamo Episcopal Seminary will host a public event retracing the discovery of the score and exploring the composition from both scholarly and musicological perspectives.

The piece will then receive its modern premiere on Sunday, November 29, the Dies Natalis of Gaetano Donizetti, at 10:30 a.m. in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, as part of the initiatives of the Donizetti Opera festival 2026 organized by the Donizetti Theatre Foundation. The performance will be entrusted to the soloists of the Cappella Musicale under the direction of Maestro Cristian Gentilini.

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• masterclasses from 4 to 17 May;
• production of the 2026 Donizetti Opera festival from 12 October to 29 November, with participation in the operas Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali and L’esule di Roma.

Participation in the Bottega Donizetti is free and open to artists born on or after 1 January 1994. Applications for admission must be submitted by 1 p.m. on Sunday 15 February 2026 using the forms available at this link.

In-person auditions will be held on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 March 2026. Six opera singers (one soprano, one mezzo-soprano/contralto, one tenor and three baritones, basses or bass-baritones) will be selected and will receive a scholarship of €2,000 and €4,500 for participating in the Donizetti Opera 2026 productions. Participants may also be involved in additional artistic activities and as cover for the main roles.

The teaching programme includes modules on vocal technique, score study, interpretation of Donizetti’s operatic repertoire, body expression techniques and character development, philology and Donizetti’s musical dramaturgy, with an internationally renowned teaching staff that includes, in addition to Zappa himself, Riccardo Frizza, Paolo Bordogna, Cristiano Sandri, Paolo Fabbri and Alberto Zanardi.

Full announcement and application form available in the Bandi aperti section of the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti website.

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On the occasion of the 2025 edition of the festival, Donizetti Opera offers a special promotion to residents of Bergamo and its province: a 20% discount on tickets for all operas in the programme.

From 30 October to 8 November, spectators may purchase up to two tickets per title at the Teatro Donizetti Box Office, subject to availability.

The promotion applies to the following productions:

• Caterina Cornaro and Il furioso nell’isola di S. Domingo at Teatro Donizetti

• the double bill Il campanello / Deux hommes et une femme at Teatro Sociale

For further information:
T. +39 035 4160 601 / 602 / 603 – biglietteria@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org

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25 October is #WorldOperaDay, the birthday of Georges Bizet and Johann Strauss II, composers of some of the world’s most famous opera and operetta. A celebration for all of us who live and breathe this art form!

To celebrate World Opera Day together, Donizetti Opera is launching an unmissable promotion, valid for 48 hours only!

On 25 and 26 October, tickets for the 2025 festival operas can be purchased online at Vivaticket and at the Teatro Donizetti box office for only € 50 on selected dates and in selected sections.

This is an opportunity to experience the festival, which, from 14 to 30 November, celebrates the world-famous composer from Bergamo with new productions, great voices and a rich calendar of events.

But that’s not all! On this day of celebration, the Teatro Donizetti will come alive with many free initiatives for all ages, which you can discover on the page dedicated to #WorldOperaDay 2025.

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Born in Ferrara in 1993, he graduated from La Sapienza University in Rome and the Paolo Grassi School in Milan, and is an author for theatre, cinema and publishing. He will write the libretto for the new participatory opera dedicated to the brothers Gaetano and Giuseppe Donizetti, aimed at the young audience of Donizetti Opera festival.

The committee, which selected him from among twelve candidates, was composed of the artistic and musical director of Donizetti Opera Riccardo Frizza and Luca Baccolini (journalist, music critic and author), Vincenzo De Vivo (artistic director, librettist and leading figure in the Italian opera scene), Michela Mannari (head of educational projects at Donizetti Opera), Antonio Moccia (Chief editor of Casa Ricordi) and composer Marco Taralli. The latter will compose the music for the opera, based on a libretto by Baccolini, in a project that combines emerging creativity, participatory listening and the promotion of Donizetti’s heritage.

Pietro Utili’s work is part of a three-year programme conceived by Riccardo Frizza to bring new generations closer to the world of opera and make Donizetti Opera an increasingly inclusive, educational and contemporary festival.

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Nino Machaidze thus makes her debut at the festival dedicated to the Bergamo composer in the role of Eleonora. Born in Tbilisi, she is now one of the most brilliant sopranos with an established international career that has seen her perform on the most prestigious stages, such as the Metropolitan in New York, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Staatsoper in Berlin, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Los Angeles Opera and the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Recent engagements include Luisa Miller in Zurich, Hamburg and Salzburg, Giovanna d’Arco in Rome, La traviata in Naples, Berlin, Muscat, Bari and Seville, La gazza ladra in Vienna, Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra in Palermo, Otello in Frankfurt, Don Carlos in Hamburg, La siège de Corinthe in Pesaro, Les pêcheurs de perles in Los Angeles, Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Arena di Verona and in Amsterdam, Les contes d’Hoffmann in Naples and Karlsruhe, Manon in Paris and Vienna, La Bohème in Tokyo and Gozo.

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The full text of the notice is available at the following link:
https://trasparenza.teatrodonizetti.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FTD-DO25-CATERINA-CORNARO-Bando-selezione-figuranti.pdf

New opportunity to work with the Donizetti Theatre Foundation: call for applications is open to select four male extras between the ages of 25 and 45 for the new staging of the opera Caterina Cornaro by Gaetano Donizetti, staged at Bergamo’s Teatro Donizetti as part of the Donizetti Opera 2025 festival. The title, scheduled for Nov. 14, 22 and 30, will be directed by Francesco Micheli, with music direction by Riccardo Frizza and the involvement of the Donizetti Opera Orchestra and the Accademia Teatro alla Scala Chorus.

Male figures of any nationality are sought for this production , with average build (height between 175 and 185 cm, size 46 to 54) and at least some proven theatrical experience, as well as guaranteeing full availability on rehearsal days, Oct. 13 to Nov. 11, and acting days.

Applications must be received no later than Tuesday, September 2, 2025 by e-mail to selezione@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org, complete with all attachments required by the notice, which can be found in the Transparent Administration area of the Foundation’s website at the link https://trasparenza.teatrodonizetti.it/documentazione/bandi-aperti/

By Monday, September 8, invitations to the selections, scheduled for Thursday, September 11 , 2025 in the presence of the opera’s director and his collaborators, will be announced at one of the venues of the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo.

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