Salvatore Cammarano (1801–1852)
Author of Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor [libretto]
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Works by Salvatore Cammarano
Opera Classics Library : Opera study guide and libretto : Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor (2003) — Librettist — 5 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1801-03-19
- Date of death
- 1852-07-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Naples, Italy
- Place of death
- Naples, Italy
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- librettist
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Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti
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Libretto, Italian/English. "I hoped my terror would cut short my life, but death does not come to help me, I keep on living in my misery! The veil has fallen from my eyes, Heaven and earth have betrayed me! I would weep but I cannot, even weeping forsakes me." [122-123]
Gaetano Donizetti's parents were undistinguished and desperately poor. His older brother became bandmaster for the sultan of Turkey. A second was mentally defective. Gaetano was one of the most gifted musicians ever produced by Italy.… (more)
Gaetano Donizetti's parents were undistinguished and desperately poor. His older brother became bandmaster for the sultan of Turkey. A second was mentally defective. Gaetano was one of the most gifted musicians ever produced by Italy.… (more)
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