Gaetano Donizetti has been played on NTS in shows including The Opera Show, featured first on 14 June 2016. Songs played include Manon Lescaut, Ardon Gli Incensi and The Barber Of Seville.

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. His most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). Along with Vincenzo Bellini and Gioacchino Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera. Donizetti composed about 75 operas, 16 symphonies, 19 string quartets, 193 songs, 45 duets, 3 oratorios, 28 cantatas, instrumental concertos, sonatas, and other chamber pieces.

He was born in Bergamo into a very…