List of operas by Gaetano Donizetti

The Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) is best known for his operas, of which he wrote about 75 from 1816 to 1845.

List of operas + Operas by Gaetano DonizettiThe information in the table is taken from , unless otherwise noted. Title Genre Acts Libretto PremiereOperas are initially listed by date of completion of composition, which usually correlates closely with the date of the premiere. When the date of completion is significantly earlier than the date of the premiere (or there was no premiere), the date of composition is given. However, the column rows sort by the date of the premiere (or by the date of composition, if there is no premiere). To restore the initial state use the browser refresh button. Date VenueIl Pigmalionescena drammatica1 act 13 October 1960, completed 1816 Bergamo, Teatro DonizettiL’OlimpiadeOpera seria3 actMetastasio's L'Olimpiadeincomplete, composed 1817Olimpiade: Donizetti composed the one duet from Metastasio's famous libretto, probably during his student days for his friends. A copyist full score is located in the Museo Donizettiano, Bergamo .   1 act incomplete, composed 1817L'ira di Achille: Donizetti set the first act and a duet from Act 2 scene v. The libretto, probably by Felice Romani, had previously been set by Giuseppe Nicolini (Milan, 1814). A copyist full score of a bass aria with chorus is listed in the catalog of the Museo Donizettiano, Bergamo . Enrico di Borgognamelodramma2 acts Bartolomeo Merelli14 November 1818Venice, Teatro San LucaUna folliafarsa1 actBartolomeo Merelli17 December 1818, lostVenice, Teatro San Luca I piccioli virtuosi ambulantiopera buffa1 act 1819I piccioli virtuosi ambulanti was the title of one of the annual end-of-term pasticcios that were organized by the Bergamo music school's director, the composer Simon Mayr. Donizetti contributed an introduzione and a scene with aria and chorus, which he also used in Le nozze in villa . Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russieopera buffa2 actsGherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini26 December 1819Venice, Teatro San SamueleLe nozze in villaopera buffa2 acts Bartolomeo Merellicarnival 1820–1821, completed 1819Mantua, Teatro VecchioZoraida di Granatamelodramma eroico2 acts Bartolomeo Merelli; revised for Rome 1824 by Jacopo Ferretti28 January 1822Rome, Teatro Argentina, rev. 7 January 1824 at the same theatreLa zingaradramma2 actsAndrea Leone Tottola12 May 1822Naples, Teatro NuovoLa lettera anonimafarsa1 act29 June 1822Naples, Teatro del FondoChiara e Serafina, o Il piratamelodramma semiserio2 actsFelice Romani, after Pixérécourt's La cisterne26 October 1822Milan, La ScalaAlfredo il grandedramma per musica2 actsAndrea Leone Tottola2 July 1823Naples, Teatro di San CarloIl fortunato ingannodramma giocoso2 actsAndrea Leone Tottola3 September 1823Naples, Teatro NuovoL'ajo nell'imbarazzo[see also Don Gregorio]melodramma giocoso2 actsJacopo Ferretti, after Giovanni Giraud's comedy4 February 1824Rome, Teatro ValleEmilia di Liverpool[see also L'eremitaggio di Liverpool]dramma semiserio2 actsanonymous, after S. Scatizzi's Emilia de Laverpaut28 July 1824Naples, Teatro NuovoAlahor in Granatadramma2 actsM. A.7 January 1826Palermo, Don Gregorio[rev of L'ajo nell'imbarazzo]melodramma giocoso2 actsJacopo Ferretti11 June 1826Naples, Teatro NuovoElvidadramma1 actGiovanni F. Schmidt: He notes that Schmidt "wrote more than one hundred librettos"6 July 1826Naples, Teatro di San CarloGabriella di Vergytragedia lirica3 actsAndrea Leone Tottola, after Dormont de Belloy29 November 1869, completed 1826Naples, Teatro di San CarloOlivo e Pasqualemelodramma giocoso2 actsJacopo Ferretti, after Simeone Antonio Sografi7 January 1827Rome, Teatro ValleOtto mesi in due ore, ossia Gli esiliati in Siberiaopera romantica3 actsDomenico Gilardoni, after Pixérécourt's La fille de l'exilé13 May 1827Naples, Teatro NuovoIl borgomastro di Saardammelodramma giocoso2 actsDomenico Gilardoni, after Mélesville, Jean-Toussaint Merle and Eugène Cantiran de Boirie19 August 1827Naples, Teatro del Fondo[see also Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali]farsa1 actGaetano Donizetti, after Simeone Antonio Sografi21 November 1827Naples, Teatro NuovoL'esule di Roma, ossia Il proscrittomelodramma eroico2 actsDomenico Gilardoni, after Luigi Marchionni's Il proscritto romano1 January 1828Naples, Teatro di San CarloL'eremitaggio di Liverpool[rev of Emilia di Liverpool]melodramma semiserio2 actsGiuseppe Checcherini, after Scatizzi8 March 1828Naples, Teatro NuovoAlina, regina di Golcondamelodramma2 actsFelice Romani, after Sedaine's libretto for Monsigny's opera-ballet Aline, reine de Golconde12 May 1828Genoa, Teatro Carlo FeliceGianni di Calaismelodramma semiserio3 actsDomenico Gilardoni, after a novel by Arlincourt; 2 August 1828Naples, Teatro del FondoIl pariamelodramma2 actsDomenico Gilardoni, after Delavigne12 January 1829Naples, Teatro di San CarloIl giovedì grasso, o Il nuovo Pourceaugnacfarsa1 actDomenico Gilardoni26 February 1829Naples, Teatro del FondoElisabetta al castello di Kenilworthmelodramma3 actsAndrea Leone Tottola, after Scribe's Leicester and Hugo's Amy Robsart6 July 1829Naples, Teatro di San CarloAlina, regina di Golconda [rev]melodramma2 actsFelice Romani, after Sedaine10 October 1829Rome, Teatro ValleI pazzi per progettofarsa1 actDomenico Gilardoni6 February 1830Naples, Teatro di San CarloIl diluvio universaleazione tragica-sacra3 actsDomenico Gilardoni, after Byron's Heaven and Earth and Francesco Ringhieri's tragedy Il diluvio6 March 1830Naples, Teatro di San CarloImelda de' Lambertazzimelodramma tragico2 actsAndrea Leone Tottola5 September 1830Naples, Teatro di San CarloAnna Bolenatragedia lirica2 actsFelice Romani, after Pindemonte's tragedy Enrico VIII, ossia Anna Bolena and Alessandro Pepoli's Anna Bolena26 December 1830Milan, Teatro CarcanoGianni di Parigimelodramma comico2 actsFelice Romani, after Saint-Just's libretto for Boieldieu's opéra-comique Jean de Paris10 September 1839, composed Milan, La ScalaLe convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali[rev of Le convenienze teatrali]dramma giocoso2 actsDonizetti, after Sografi20 April 1831Milan, Teatro alla CanobbianaFrancesca di Foixmelodramma1 actDomenico Gilardoni, after a libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Mercier-Dupaty for Henri-Montan Berton's 3-act opéra-comique Françoise de Foix., and . say Gilardoni's libretto was based on Charles Simon Favart's libretto Ninette à la cour as adapted for Louis Joseph Saint-Amans' 2-act 1791 opéra-comique.30 May 1831Naples, Teatro di San CarloLa romanziera e l'uomo nero(or La romanzesca e l'uomo nero)farsa1 actDomenico Gilardoni18 June 1831Naples, Teatro del Fondo (arias and ensembles survive but spoken dialogue is lost)Faustamelodramma2 actsDomenico Gilardoni and Donizetti12 January 1832Naples, Teatro di San CarloUgo, conte di Parigitragedia lirica2 actsFelice Romani, after Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis: Blanche d'Aquitaine13 March 1832Milan, La ScalaL'elisir d'amoremelodramma giocoso2 actsFelice Romani, after Scribe's libretto for Auber's Le philtre12 May 1832Milan, Teatro alla CanobbianaSancia di Castigliatragedia lirica2 actsPietro Salatino4 November 1832Naples, Teatro di San CarloIl furioso all'isola di San Domingomelodramma2 actsJacopo Ferretti, after an anonymous play on Cervantes' Don Quixote2 January 1833Rome, Teatro ValleOtto mesi in due ore [rev]opera romantica3 actsAntonio Alcozer after Domenico Gilardoni1833LivornoParisinamelodramma3 actsFelice Romani, after Byron17 March 1833Florence, Teatro della PergolaTorquato Tassomelodramma3 actsJacopo Ferretti9 September 1833Rome, Teatro ValleLucrezia Borgiamelodrammaprologue & 2 actsFelice Romani, after Victor Hugo26 December 1833Milan, La ScalaIl diluvio universale [rev]azione tragico-sacra3 actsanonymous, after Domenico Gilardoni17 January 1834Genoa, Teatro Carlo FeliceRosmonda d'Inghilterramelodramma serio2 actsFelice Romani27 February 1834Florence, Teatro della PergolaMaria Stuardatragedia lirica2 acts (or 3)Giuseppe Bardari, after Andrea Maffei's translation of Schiller30 December 1835 (in 3 acts), completed August 1834Milan, La ScalaBuondelmonte[rev of Maria Stuarda]tragedia lirica2 actsPietro Salatino18 October 1834Naples, Teatro di San CarloGemma di Vergytragedia lirica2 actsGiovanni Emanuele Bidera, after the play Charles VII by Dumas26 December 1834Milan, La ScalaMarino Falierotragedia lirica3 actsGiovanni Emanuele Bidera with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavigne's adaptation of Byron's play Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice12 March 1835Paris, Théâtre-ItalienLucia di Lammermoor[see also Lucie de Lammermoor]dramma tragico3 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor26 September 1835Naples, Teatro di San CarloBelisariotragedia lirica3 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Eduard von Schenk as translated by Luigi Marchionni4 February 1836Venice, La FeniceIl campanello di nottemelodramma giocoso1 actDonizetti, after the vaudeville La sonnette de nuit by Léon Lévy Brunswick (Léon Lhérie), , and Victor Lhérie1 June 1836Naples, Teatro NuovoBetly, o La capanna svizzeradramma giocoso1 actDonizetti, after Scribe's and Mélesville's libretto for Adam's Le chalet21 August 1836Naples, Teatro NuovoL'assedio di Calaisdramma lirico3 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Dormont de Belloy19 November 1836Naples, Teatro di San CarloPia de' Tolomeitragedia lirica2 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Bartolomeo Sestini, and Dante's La commedia18 February 1837Venice, Teatro ApolloPia de' Tolomei [rev]tragedia lirica2 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Bartolomeo Sestini, and Dante's La commedia31 July 1837SinigagliaBetly [rev]dramma giocoso2 actsDonizetti29 September 1837Naples, Teatro del FondoRoberto Devereuxtragedia lirica3 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Jacques-François Ancelot's tragedy Elisabeth d'Angleterre28 October 1837Naples, Teatro di San CarloMaria de Rudenzdramma tragico3 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after the play La nonne sanglante by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, Cuvelier and Maillan30 January 1838Venice, La FeniceGabriella di Vergy [rev]tragedia lirica3 actsAndrea Leone Tottola, after Dormont de BelloyAugust 1978 recording, composed 1838LondonPoliuto[see also Les martyrs]tragedia lirica3 actsSalvadore Cammarano, after Pierre Corneille30 November 1848, completed July 1838Naples, Teatro di San CarloPia de' Tolomei [rev 2]tragedia lirica2 actsanonymous revision of Cammarano's librettoMay 1838Rome, Teatro ArgentinaLucie de Lammermoor[rev of Lucia di Lammermoor, in French]grand opéraLucie de Lammermoor. .3 acts (or 4)Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, after the Italian libretto6 August 1839Paris, Théâtre de la RenaissanceLe duc d'Albe[see also Il duca d'Alba]grand opéra4 actsCharles Duveyrier and Eugène Scribeincomplete, composed 1839Le duc d'Albe: composed April–October 1839 . See also . L'Ange de Nisida[see also La favorite]opera semiseria4 partsAlphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz 18 July 2018  Completed 27 December 1839Royal Opera House, LondonLucrezia Borgia [rev]dramma per musicaprologue & 2 actsFelice Romani, after Victor Hugo11 January 1840Milan, La ScalaLes martyrs[rev of Poliuto, in French]grand opéra4 actsEugène Scribe's revision and expansion of Cammarano's original libretto10 April 1840Paris Opera, Salle Le PeletierLa fille du régimentopéra comique2 actsJean-François-Alfred Bayard and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges11 February 1840Paris, Opéra-ComiqueLucrezia Borgia [rev 2]dramma per musicaprologue & 2 actsFelice Romani, after Victor Hugo31 October 1840Paris, Théâtre-ItalienLa favorite[rev of L'ange de Nisida]grand opéra4 actsAlphonse Royer, Gustave Vaëz and Eugène Scribe2 December 1840Paris Opera, Salle Le PeletierAdeliamelodramma serio3 actsFelice Romani (Acts 1 & 2) and Girolamo Marini (Act 3), after an anonymous French play11 February 1841Rome, Teatro ApolloRita(subtitled ou Le Mari battu)opéra comique1 actGustave Vaëz7 May 1860, completed 1841Paris, Opéra-ComiqueMaria Padillamelodramma3 actsGaetano Rossi an