Contents
- Part I :
- 1. 1797-1821: The beginnings
- 2. 1822-1830: Zoraida di Granata to Imelda de' Lambertazzi
- 3. 1830-1835: Anna Bolena to Marin Faliero
- 4. 1835-1838: Lucia di Lammermoor to Poliuto
- 5. 1838-1843: Les martyrs to Dom Sebastien
- 6. 1843-1848: The last years
- Part II :
- 7. Donizetti's operatic world
- 8. Donizetti's use of operatic conventions
- 9. The operas: 1816-1830
- 10. The operas: 1830-1835
- 11. The operas: 1835-1838
- 12. The operas: 1838-1841
- 13. The operas: 1842-1843
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.