- Watts, John. “Maria Stuardain Performance.” DSJ1 (1974): 31–40; 3 (1977):
244–258.
Notes on 81 European performances, 1958–1977, in tabular form, with casts. - Brookens, Karen. “A Comparative Study of Thea Musgrave’s Mary Queen of
Scotsand Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda.” D.M.A. diss., Arizona State U., - 142p.
- Ashbrook, William. “Maria Stuarda: The Libretto, Its Source, the Historical
Background and Variants.” DSJ3 (1977): 97–105.
The source was an Italian version of Schiller’s play. Modifications made in it by
librettist Giuseppe Bardari are detailed. Considers the opera’s relation to his-
torical events and other 19th-century libretti on this story. - Cecchi, Paolo. “‘Per rendere il soggetto musicabile’: Il percorso fonte-libretto-
partitura in Maria Stuardae in Marino Faliero.” In Opera teatrale(#764), v.1,
229–275.
For Maria Stuarda: detailed genesis; literary source (Schiller), the librettist
(Giuseppe Bardari); transformations of poetic elements. For Marino Faliero:
the libretto by Emanuele Bidera and Agostino Ruffini, drawn from the tragedy
by Delavigne, is shown to be more faithful to its source.
Marino Faliero
See Cecchi (#808).
Les martyrs
ERO,v.27.
- Girardi, Michele. “Donizetti e il grand opéra: Il caso de Les martyrs.” In
Opera teatrale(#765), 135–145.
Donizetti was the first composer commissioned to write a genuine grand
opéra. This one is compared to Les huguenots, which had been a major early
example of the genre and is shown to have clear influences on Verdi. - Allitt, John. “Les martyrsRevived.” DSJ2 (1975): 37–98.
Genesis, plot, program notes; with valuable appendixes of contemporary
reviews and illustrations in 1840 and 1852. Also prints the French libretto.
Otto mesi in due ore
- Bini, Annalisa. “Otto mesi in due ore, ossia Gli esiliati in Siberia: Vicende di
un’opera donizettiana.” RIM22 (1987): 183–260.
Analysis of the libretto and the composer’s modifications of the score for vari-
ous performances. With two fragments in autograph and description of other
sources.
Parisina
- Barblan, Guglielmo. “Alla ribalta un’ottocentesca tragedia lirica: Parisina
d’Estedi Donizetti.” Chigiana21 (1964): 207–238.
Genesis, reception, analysis of structure and recurring themes.
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