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Exploring Donizetti’s Operas and Unveiling His Evolutionary Trajectory Through Those with Themes from the Moorish Kingdom and English History
Areti Tziboula, Anna-Maria Rentzeperi-Tsonou

Abstract
Donizetti engaged with all genres of opera and experimented with different themes. Thus, he composed character comedies, situational comedies, romantic comedies, comedies with a Neapolitan flavor, exotic operas, and operas with French librettos, while the operas for which he wrote the libretto himself were successful.From his serious operas, certain ones employed the ostensibly secure themes of the Moorish kingdom and the history of England. This study examines them on chronological order revealing an evolutionary course. Donizetti started by using stereotypes and applying happy endings but he gradually developed a mature romantic style expressing passion and suffering and employing mad scenes and tragic endings representing true romantic catharsis. Thus, although Donizetti was not a great renovator, he ultimately influenced the development of romantic opera.

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