Ah!
During a performance at age 14 this composer improvised a waltz while singing, "I have a vast mind, a quick talent, and ready imagination – I am a thunderbolt at composing." The aria "Fra l'erbe cosparse" popularized one of his early operas, and he gained early fame in Rome with the opera Zoraida di Granata. A later opera by this man features the well-known duet "Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio," while "Com'e Bello" is a highlight of his Lucrezia Borgia. Another of this man's operas contains the sextet "Chi mi frena in tal momento," while a string of nine high C's complicates the aria "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête," sung in another opera by Tonio to Marie. Also known for Anna Bolena and Don Pasquale, this is, for 10 points, what composer of The Daughter of the Regiment and an opera containing a notable "mad scene," Lucia di Lammermoor.
During a performance at age 14 this composer improvised a waltz while singing, "I have a vast mind, a quick talent, and ready imagination –
Gaetano {Donizetti}