Music
Gaetano Donizetti
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Villa Roccabruna and the Giuditta Pasta Estate
Donizetti was a guest of Pasta and is traditionally said to have completed Anna Bolena on the estate.
Traces in other cities
- Bergamo
- Angelo Mai Civic Library at Palazzo Nuovo — His autograph orchestral score of Lucia di Lammermoor is preserved in the library's secure collection.
- Bergamo
- Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore — His remains have rested in the basilica since their transfer from Valtesse in 1875.
- Bergamo
- Bergamo Seminary Library — His previously unknown autograph Dixit was discovered in the seminary's historical archive in 2026.
- Bergamo
- Casa Angelini — He attended the charitable music lessons housed here from 1806 to 1815.
- Bergamo
- Donizetti Museum — The museum documents his education, international triumphs, family life and final illness through portraits, manuscripts and personal possessions.
- Bergamo
- Gaetano Donizetti Birthplace — He was born here on November 29, 1797, and spent his earliest years in the basement occupied by his family.
- Bergamo
- Monument to Donizetti
- Bergamo
- Palazzo Scotti — He spent his final months in Palazzo Scotti and died here on April 8, 1848.
- Bergamo
- Teatro Sociale — He appeared here as a young musician before establishing his international operatic career.
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