Enrico Golisciani (25 December 1848 – 6 February 1919) was an Italian author, born in

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. He is best known for his opera

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s, but also published a slim volume of verses for music, entitled ''Pagine d'Album'' (Milano,

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, 1885); many more of his poems intended to be set to music were published in the '' Gazzetta Musicale di Milano''.

Selected librettos

*''Carlo di Borgogna'' ( Pietro Musone – Naples, Teatro Mercadante, 22 March 1876) *''Lida Wilson'' ( Ferdinando Bonamici – Pisa, Teatro Nuovo, 31 January 1878) *''Il Conte di San Ronano'' (

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– Naples, Teatro Bellini, 12 May 1878) *''Griselda'' ( Giulio Cottrau – Turin, Teatro Alfieri, 25 September 1878) *''Il ritratto di Perla'' ( Cesare Rossi – Naples, Circolo Unione, 7 January 1879) *''Sogno d'amore'' ( Cesare Bernardo Bellini – Naples, Casino dell'Unione, 12 January 1880) *''I cavalieri di Malta'' ( Antonio Nani) – Valletta,

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16 January 1880) *''Nella'' ( Francesco Paolo Frontini – Catania, Teatro Comunale, 31 March 1881) *''Rabagas'' (

– Rome, Teatro Argentina, 23 March 1882) *''Cordelia dei Neri'' ( Ferdinando Aldieri – La Valletta, Teatro Reale, 9 May 1884) *'' Marion Delorme'' ( Amilcare Ponchielli – Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 March 1885) *''Cimbelino'' (

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– Naples, private performance, December 1887) *''Marina'' (

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– composed in 1888, but not performed) *''Gina'' (

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– Naples, Collegio di musica, 9 February 1889) *''Bianca di Nevers'' ( Adolfo Baci – Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, 1 November 1889) *''A Santa Lucia'' ( Pierantonio Tasca – Berlin,

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1892) *'' Il segreto di Susanna'' (

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– Munich, Hoftheater, 4 December 1909) *''

L'amore medico ''L'amore medico'' (''Doctor Cupid'', also known as ''The Love Doctor'') is an opera in two acts by composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Based on Molière's comedy '' L'Amour médecin'', the work uses an Italian language libretto by Enrico Golisciani. ...

'' (Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – Dresden, Hoftheater, 4 December 1913)

Translations into Italian

*''Il pipistrello'' (

– Italian premiere at Naples, Società Filarmonica, 28 January 1875)

Poems set to music

Romances: *''Preso a morte'', words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Maddaloni, 1878 *''Abbandonata'', words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Ricordi, 1878 *''Biglietto amoroso'', words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Benenati, 1878 *''Non sei più tu'', words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Benenati, 1878 *'' Un fiore sul verone '', words by Enrico Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Ricordi, 1883

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