A 1959 Royal Opera House performance of one of this composer's operas was Joan Sutherland's coloratura breakthrough.
A 1959 Royal Opera House performance of one of this composer's operas was Joan Sutherland's coloratura breakthrough. One of his arias originally called for a glass harmonica and was written in F major, though it's often performed in E-flat major. One of this composer's arias ends with the singer repeatedly crying "Si può morir!", or "One could die!", and is inspired by the sight of the singer's love interest weeping. This composer wrote the aria "Una (*)  furtiva lagrima" for an opera in which the title substance, used by Nemorino to woo Adina, is revealed to be cheap red wine. The aria "Il dolce suono"  (eel DOHL-chay SWOH-no)  features in the "mad scene" of an opera by this man that is based on a Walter Scott novel. For 10 points, name this Italian composer of  The Elixir of Love  and  Lucia di Lammermoor .
A 1959 Royal Opera House performance of one of this composer's operas was Joan Sutherland's coloratura breakthrough.
Gaetano  Donizetti  [or Domenico Gaetano Maria  Donizetti ]