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Marcello Magni was born on 27 June 1959 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Nine (2009), Mr. Turner (2014) and Doctor Who (2005). He was married to Kathryn Hunter. He died on 18 September 2022 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.- Music Department
- Writer
- Composer
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was born November 29, 1797 in Bergamo, Italy. He was born in a windowless cellar into a poor family of a government clerk. At the age of 9 he became a protégé of Johann Simon Mayr, Maestro di Cappella of the Lombard city. Johann Mayr hosted and educated young Donizetti, and later sent the talented boy to study music under the renowned Padre Stanislao Mattei, the head master of the Music School in Bologna. After graduation he enlisted in the Army, and avoided going back to poor life in Bergamo.
In 1818 Donizetti's first operas were performed in Venice with modest success. In 1822 Donizetti settled in Naples and there had his first big success with two operas: "Zoraida di Granada" (1822) and "La zingara" (1822). He was developing the Bel canto style, writing his hallmark melody lines in a perfect match to Italian lyrics. Donizetti played with variety of genre from the comedy "L'ajo nell'umbarazzo" (1824), to the heroic neo-classical drama "L'esule di Roma" (1828), to the romantic melodrama "Il Paria" (1829).
Donizetti became famous beyond Italy with his opera "Anna Bolena" (1830). The superb quality of his music made him the rival of Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini. Donizetti's next operas "L'elisir d'amore" (1832), "Parisina" (1833), "Lucrezia Borgia" (1833), and "Maria Stuarda" (1834) were performed in Rome, Genoa, Florence, and Teatro alla Scala in Milano. Meanwhile he had a teaching position at the Naples Conservatoire and had a good reputation for his warmth, generosity and devotion to his work.
His opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" (1835) straddled the annals of the day more brilliantly than any other opera. Donizetti went to Paris, and soon after was given the position of the Court Composer in Vienna. His later operas were written to French texts, with the inevitable loss of Bel canto smoothness, which was best in his melodies written to Italian lyrics. His last works of "grand-opera" scale integrated ballet numbers in spectacular settings. "Don Pasquale" (1843) was Donizetti's last opera. He died of paralysis on April 8. 1848, in Bergamo, Italy.
Vocally challenging "L'elisir d'amore" (The Elixir of Love 1832) remains a perennial favorite of the Bel canto opera repertoire worldwide. It is a story of a young love-struck Nemorino, who bought a bottle of magic drink from a traveling drug-pusher, who claims it to be a 'love potion'. Nemorino is trying to win the heart of the coquettish Adina, who eventually discovers that Nemorino's love is true and sincere. It was made into the eponymous film in 1992, starring Luciano Pavarotti as Nemorino and Kathleen Battle as Adina.
"Una furtiva lagrima" from the opera "L'elixir d'amore" is among the most famous tenor arias. It's legendary 1904 Victor recording by Enrico Caruso was used in 'Match point' (2005), 'Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino' (1977), and many other films, often uncredited.- Music Department
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- Soundtrack
Jeffrey Tate was born on 28 April 1943 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and Der Ring des Nibelungen (1980). He died on 2 June 2017 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.- Jusciua Algeri was born in Seriate (Bergamo, Italy). At the age of 16 he was arrested and taken to a juvenile jail. In that period he discovered the passion for music and acting. He wrote a song, "A testa alta", and won an award at the Caltanissetta Festival. After being released in September 2014, he was discovered by filmmaker Claudio Giovannesi, who cast him in his film "Fiore" after seeing him in a stage performance in prison. The film was screened at Cannes, selected in the "Quinzaine des Réalisateurs" section. In March 2017, he died in a road accident while driving his scooter: he slipped on the wet tarmac, violently hitting a car. He died on the blow. He was father of a baby girl.
- Bruno Vilar was born on 3 March 1942 in Gravellona Toce, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Marco Visconti (1975), Arsène Lupin (1971) and La freccia nera (1968). He was married to Paola Borboni. He died on 23 June 1978 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
- Adriana Serra was born on 27 November 1923 in Milan, Italy. She was an actress, known for I pompieri di Viggiù (1949), Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947) and Paese senza pace (1946). She died on 13 November 1995 in Endine Gaiano, Bergamo, Italy.
- Alessandro Cassis was born in Italy. He was an actor, known for Adriana Lecouvreur (1989). He died on 20 November 1998 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
- Carlo Digilio was born on 7 May 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He died on 12 December 2005 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
- Giangavino Sulas died on 25 June 2021 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Gianandrea Gavazzeni was born on 25 July 1909 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He is known for Two Lovers (2008), How Much Do You Love Me? (2005) and House of Ricordi (1954). He was married to Denia Mazzola and Mariuccia Polli. He died on 5 February 1996 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.- Enrico Rastelli was born on 19 December 1896 in Samara, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Variety (1925). He was married to Harriet. He died on 13 December 1931 in Bergamo, Italy.
- Loris Francesco Capovilla was born on 14 October 1915 in Pontelongo, Veneto, Italy. He died on 26 May 2016 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
- Andrea Emeri was born on 14 August 1957 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He was an actor, known for Stradivari (1988), Agosto (1994) and Galileo Galilei (1989). He died on 24 March 1996 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
- Carlo Maria Pensa was born on 17 August 1921 in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. Carlo Maria was a writer, known for Whisky a mezzogiorno (1962) and Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1957). Carlo Maria died on 20 December 2014 in Bergamo, Italy.
- Giovanni Tonoli was born on 22 April 1947 in Melzo, Milano, Italy. He died on 25 June 1993 in Curno, Bergamo, Italy.
- Gianfranco Comotti was born on 24 July 1906 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. He was married to Anna Maria Peduzzi. He died on 10 May 1963 in Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy.
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Kim Kavanagh was born on 12 December 1923 in Melbourne, Australia. She is known for ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018) and Formula 1 (1950). She died on 26 November 2019 in Bergamo, Italy.- Cinematographer
- Writer
- Director
Mario Craveri was born on 2 May 1902 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Lost Continent (1955), Empire in the Sun (1956) and Soledad (1958). He died on 28 February 1990 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.- Severino Citaristi was born on 16 September 1921 in Villongo, Lombardy, Italy. He died on 10 February 2006 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.