Giuseppe Felice Romani (31 January 178828 January 1865) was an Italian

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and scholar of literature and

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who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and

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. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist between

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and Boito.Branca, Emilia (1882). ''Felice Romani ed i più riputati maestri di musica del suo tempo''Roccatagliati, Alessandro (1996). ''Felice Romani librettista'', Quaderni di Musica, Lucca, Italy –

Biography

Born Giuseppe Felice Romani to a

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family in

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, he studied law and literature in

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and Genoa.Roccatagliati, Allesandro (2001). "Romani, (Giuseppe) Felice" in ''

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'', 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). At the

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he translated French literature and, with a colleague, prepared a six-volume dictionary of mythology and antiquities, including the history of the

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in Italy. Romani's expertise in French and antiquity is reflected in the libretti he wrote; the majority are based on French literature and many, such as ''

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'', use mythological sources. After refusing a post at the University of Genoa, he appears to have travelled to

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and

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before returning to

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in either 1812 or 1813. There he became friends with important figures in the literary and musical world. He turned down the post of court poet in

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, and began instead a career as opera librettist. He wrote two librettos for the composer

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, which resulted in his appointment as the librettist for La Scala. Romani became the most highly regarded of all Italian librettists of his age, producing nearly one hundred. In spite of his interest in French literature, he refused to work in

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. Romani wrote the librettos for Bellini's ''

Il pirata ''Il pirata'' (''The Pirate'') is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act '' mélodrame ''from 1826: ''Bertram, ou le Pirate'' (''Bertram, or The Pirate'') by Charles No ...

'', '' La straniera'', '' Zaira'', '' I Capuleti e i Montecchi'', ''

La sonnambula ''La sonnambula'' (''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by ...

'', ''

'' and ''

Beatrice di Tenda ''Beatrice di Tenda'' is a tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a libretto by Felice Romani, after the play of the same name by . Initially, a play by Alexandre Dumas was chosen as the subject for the opera, but Bellini had reserv ...

'', for

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

's '' Il turco in Italia'' and ''

Bianca e Falliero ''Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre'' ( English: ''Bianca and Falliero, or The Counsel of Three'') is a two-act operatic '' melodramma'' by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani. The libretto was based on Anto ...

'', and Donizetti's ''

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'' and ''

L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (''The Elixir of Love'', ) is a ' ( opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's ' (1831). The opera pre ...

'' (which he adapted from

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's ''Le philtre''). He also wrote a libretto (originally for composer

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) that

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used for his early comedy '' Un giorno di regno''. Romani was considered an ideal match for Bellini, who is quoted as having said: "Give me good verses and I will give you good music". Dramatic, even extravagant "situations" expressed in verses "designed to portray the passions in the liveliest manner" was what Bellini was looking for in a libretto, according to a letter to

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, of 4 August 1834, and he found them in Romani. The two, however, had a falling out over missed deadlines for ''Beatrice di Tenda''. After setting ''

I puritani ' (''The Puritans'') is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and later changed to three acts on the advice of Gioachino Rossini, with whom the young composer had become friends. The music was set to a librett ...

'' to a libretto by Carlo Pepoli, Bellini was determined not to compose any more Italian operas with anyone but Romani. ''I puritani'' was his last opera; he died less than a year after its première. Romani mourned him deeply and wrote an obituary in which he expressed his profound regrets over their disagreement. In 1834 Romani became editor of the ''Gazzetta Ufficiale Piemontese'' to which he contributed literary criticism. He retained the post, with a break 1849–1854, until his death, in Moneglia, (in the region of

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, Italy). A volume of his lyric poems was published in 1841.

Libretti

For each libretto the composer/s are listed who set it to music, the date of the first performance, and the new title where applicable. * '' La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa'' **

(1813) ** Pietro Generali (1818) ** Tomás Genovés y Lapetra, ''Enrico e Clotilde'' (1831) * '' Medea in Corinto'' **

(1813) **

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(1839) **

Saverio Mercadante Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyon ...

, ''Medea'', revision by

Salvadore Cammarano Salvadore Cammarano (also Salvatore) (born Naples, 19 March 1801 – died Naples 17 July 1852) was a prolific Italian librettist and playwright perhaps best known for writing the text of '' Lucia di Lammermoor'' (1835) for Gaetano Donizetti. Fo ...

(1851) * ''

Aureliano in Palmira ''Aureliano in Palmira'' is an operatic ''dramma serio'' in two acts written by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto in which the librettist was credited only by the initials "G. F. R." The libretto has generally been attributed to ...

'' **

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

(1813) * ''

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ossia Il serraglio di Ormus'' **

(1814) **

Carlo Coccia Carlo Coccia (14 April 1782 – 13 April 1873) was an Italian opera composer. He was known for the genre of opera semiseria. Life and career Coccia was born in Naples, and studied in his native city with Pietro Casella, Fedele Fenaroli, an ...

, ''Atar ou O serralho de Ormuz'' (1820) ** Luiz Antonio Miró, ''Atar ou O serralho d'Ormus'' (1836) * '' Il turco in Italia'' **

(1814) * '' Le due duchesse'' subtitled ''La caccia ai lupi'' **

(1814) ** Filippo Celli (1824) * '' L'ira di Achille'' ** Giuseppe Nicolini (1814) * '' La testa di bronzo'' or ''La capanna solitaria'' ** Carlo Evasio Soliva (1816) **

(1827) ** Giacomo Fontemaggi (1835) ** Vincenzo Mela (1855) * '' Maometto'' ** Peter Winter (1817) * '' Rodrigo di Valenza'' ** Pietro Generali (1817) **

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(1820) ** Filippo Chimeri, ''Elmonda di Valenza'' (1845) * '' Mennone e Zemira'' **

(1817) * '' La gioventù di Cesare'' ** Stefano Pavesi (1814) * '' Le zingare dell'Asturia'' ** Carlo Evasio Soliva (1817) * '' Adele di Lusignano'' **

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(1817) ** Ramón Carnicer (1819) * '' I due Valdomiri'' ** Peter Winter (1817) * '' Gianni di Parigi'' ** Francesco Morlacchi (1818) ** Giovanni Antonio Speranza (1836) **

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(set to music 1831, first performance 1839) * ''

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'' **

(1818) ** Giuseppe Verdi, '' Un giorno di regno'' (1840) * '' Il barone di Dolshein'' **

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(1818) **

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(1827) * '' Danao'' **

(1818) ** Giuseppe Persiani, ''Danao re d'Argo'' (1827) * '' Gl'Illinesi'' ** Francesco Basili (1819) **

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(1823) **

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, ''L'eroe francese'' (1826) ** Feliciano Strepponi (1829) **

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, ''Gli Illinesi'' (1835) ** Francisco Gomez, ''Irza'' (1845) * '' Clemenza d'Entragues'' **

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(1819) * ''

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'' **

(1819) * '' Il califo e la schiava'' ** Francesco Basili (1819) **

, ''

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'', revision by Gherardo Bevilacqua Aldobrandini (1826) ** Giovanni Quaquerini (1842) * ''

'' or ''Il consiglio dei tre'' **

(1819) * '' Vallace'' or ''L'eroe scozzese'' **

(1820) * '' La sacerdotessa d'Irminsul'' **

(1820) * '' I due Figaro'' or ''Il soggetto di una commedia'' **

(1820) ** Giovanni Panizza (1824) ** Dionigi Brogialdi (1825) **

(composed: 1826/staged: 1835) ** Giovanni Antonio Speranza (1839) * '' Margherita d'Anjou'' **

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(1820) * '' Donna Aurora'' or ''Il romanzo all'improvviso'' ** Francesco Morlacchi (1821) * ''

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'' **

Giuseppe Mosca Giuseppe Mosca (1772 in Naples – 1839 in Messina) was an Italian opera composer, the older brother of Luigi Mosca, also an opera composer. He is mainly remembered as the composer who said that Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 Febr ...

(1821) ** Carlo Mellara (1823) * '' Atalia'' **

(1822) * '' L'esule di Granata'' **

(1822) **

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, ''Almanzor'' (1827) * '' Adele ed Emerico ossia Il posto abbandonato'' **

(1822; revised 1826) * ''

Chiara e Serafina ''Chiara e Serafina, o I pirati'' (''Chiara and Serafina, or The Pirates'') is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Felice Romani, based on the melodrama ''La cisterne'' by René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécour ...

'' subtitled ''Il pirata'' **

(1822) ** Alberto Mazzucato, ''I corsari'', revision by Temistocle Solera (1840) * '' Amleto'' **

(1822) * ''

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'' ** Feliciano Strepponi (1823) * '' Abufar, ossia La famiglia araba'' **

(1823) ** Manuel García, ''El Abufar'' (1827) * ''

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'' ** Feliciano Strepponi (1823) **

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(1825) ** Massimiliano Quilici (1829) **

(written 1830; unperformed) **

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(1831) ** Giuseppe Fournier (1832) **

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(1835) **

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(1837) ** Francesco Morlacchi (composta nel 1840, incompiuta) **

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(1843) **

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(1857) * '' Egilda di Provenza'' ** Stefano Pavesi (1823) ** João Evangelista Pereira da Costa, ''Egilda de Provenca'' (1827) * '' Amina'' or ''L'innocenza perseguitata'' ** Giuseppe Rastrelli (1824) **

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(1825) ** Carlo Valentini, ''Amina'', subtitled ''L'orfanella di Ginevra'', revision by Andrea Leone Tottola (1825) * '' Elena e Malvina'' ** Carlo Evasio Soliva (1824) ** Ramón Carnicer, ''Elena e Malvina'' (1829) **

Francesco Vincenzo Schira Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), seve ...

(1832) ** Giuseppe Mazza (1834) **

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(1835) * '' Il sonnambulo'' **

(1824) ** Luigi Ricci (1830) ** Carlo Valentini (1834) ** Luiz Antonio Miró, ''O sonambulo'' (1835) ** Salvatore Agnelli, ''Il fantasma'' (1842) ** Giuseppe Persiani, ''Il fantasma'' (1843) * ''

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'' ** Giacomo Cordella (1825) ** Luigi Felice Rossi (1835) ** Carlo Valentini (1836) ** Antonio Buzzolla (1842) ** Antonio Cagnoni, ''Amori e trappole'', revision by

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(1850) * '' Giulietta e Romeo'' ** Nicola Vaccai (1825) ** Eugenio Torriani (1828) **

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, '' I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' (1830) * '' Il montanaro'' **

(1827) **

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, ''L'incognito'' (1832) ** Giovan Battista Cagnola, ''Il podestà di Gorgonzola'' (1854) * '' La selva d'Hermanstadt'' ** Felice Frasi (1827) * ''

'' **

(1827) * '' Gastone di Foix'' ** Giuseppe Persiani (1827) **

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, ''Cornelio Bentivoglio'' (1844) * '' Il divorzio Persiano'' subtitled ''Il gran bazzarro di Bassora'' ** Pietro Generali (1828) ** Feliciano Strepponi, ''L'ullà di Bassora'' (1831) ** Giuseppe Gerli, ''Il pitocco'' (1834) ** Giuseppe Mazza (1836) * '' I saraceni in Sicilia ovvero Eufemio di Messina'' ** Francesco Morlacchi (1828) **

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, ''Il proscritto di Messina'' (1829) ** Giuseppe Persiani, ''Eufemio di Messina ovvero La distruzione di Catania'' (1829) ** Francesco Morlacchi, ''Il rinnegato'' (1832) ** Ramón Carnicer, ''Eufemio da Messina o Los sarracenos en Sicilia'' (1832) **

Alessandro Curmi Alessandro Curmi (17 October 1801 – April 1857) was a Maltese composer and pianist. Born in Valletta, he studied privately with Pietro Paolo Bugeja and then under Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli and Giacomo Tritto at the San Pietro a Maiella Cons ...

, ''Il proscritto di Messina'' (1843) **

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, ''Il rinnegato'' (1858) * '' Alina, regina di Golconda'' **

(1828) * ''

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

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Felicita Casella Felicita Casella née Lacombe (c. 1820–after 1865) was an Italian singer and composer of French birth. She was born at Bourges, the sister of Louis Lacombe. Before 1849 she married Italian cellist and composer Cesare Casella and moved with him t ...

, ''Cristoforo Colombo'' (1865) ** Giuseppe Marcora (1869) * '' La straniera'' **

(1829) * '' Rosmonda'' **

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, '' Rosmonda d'Inghilterra'' (1834) ** Antonio Belisario (1835) ** Pietro Tonassi e Pietro Collavo, ''Il castello di Woodstock'' (1839) ** Otto Nicolai, ''Enrico II'' (1839) * ''

Saul Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered t ...

'' ** Nicola Vaccai (1829) **

Ferdinando Ceccherini Ferdinando may refer to: Politics * Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (30 July 1549 – 3 February 1609) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, having succeeded his older brothe ...

(1843) ** Giovanni Antonio Speranza (1844) * '' Zaira'' **

(1829) ** Alessandro Gandini (1829) **

(1831) ** Antonio Mami (1845) * '' Giovanna Shore'' ** Carlo Conti (1829) ** Lauro Rossi (1836) ** Enrico Lacroix (1845) ** Vincenzo Bonnetti (1853) * '' La rappresaglia'' **

(1829) * '' Bianca di Belmonte'' **

Luigi Riesck is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...

(1829) ** Tomás Genovés y Lapetra (1833) * ''

Annibale in Torino Annibale is the Italian masculine given name and surname equivalent to Hannibal. In English, it may refer to : Given name * Annibale Albani (1682–1751), Italian cardinal * Annibale I Bentivoglio, (died 1445), ruler of Bologna from 1443 * Anni ...

'' ** Luigi Ricci (1830) * ''

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(1830) * '' Il romito di Provenza'' ** Pietro Generali (1831) ** M. A. Sauli (1846) * ''

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(1831) * '' Il disertore svizzero aka ''La nostalgia'' ** Cesare Pugni (1831) ** Lauro Rossi (1832) ** Angelo Pellegrini (1841) **

Giovanni Battista Meiners Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(1842) * ''

La neve LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

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(1831) * ''

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(1832) * '' Ugo, Conte di Parigi'' **

(1832) ** Alberto Mazzucato (1843) * ''

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(1832) * '' Ismalia ossia Morte ed amore'' **

(1832) ** Ramón Carnicer (1838) ** Vicenc Cuyás y Borés, ''La fattucchiera'' (1838) * '' Il segreto'' **

Luigi Maiocchi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...

(1833) **

Placido Mandanici Placido Mandanici (3 July 1799, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto – 6 June 1852, Genoa) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his operas. He graduated from the Music Lyceum in Palermo (1820), and then studied at Naples with Pietro Raimondi. In 1 ...

(1836) * '' Caterina di Guisa'' **

(1833) ** Giuseppe Mazza (1836) ** Luigi Savi (1838) **

Fabio Campana Fabio Campana (14 January 1819 – 2 February 1882) was an Italian composer, opera director, conductor, and singing teacher who composed eight operas which premiered between 1838 and 1869.Ambìveri (1998) p. 32 He was born in Livorno, the city whe ...

(1838) ** Francesco Chiaromonte (1850) ** Antonio Gandolfi (1859) ** Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques (1859) ** Beniamino Rossi (1861) ** Giacomo Nascimbene, ''Enrico di Guisa'' (1868) * '' Il conte d'Essex'' **

(1833) * '' Parisina'' **

(1833) ** Tomás E. Giribaldi (1878) * ''

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(1833) **

Rinaldo Ticci Rinaldo may refer to: * Renaud de Montauban (also spelled Renaut, Renault, Italian: Rinaldo di Montalbano, Dutch: Reinout van Montalbaen, German: Reinhold von Montalban), a legendary knight in the medieval Matter of France * Rinaldo (''Jerusalem Li ...

(1837) ** Frederico Guimarães, ''Beatriz'' (1882) * '' Il contrabbandiere'' ** Cesare Pugni (1833) **

Natale Perelli Natale is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located 30 km west of Francistown, and it has a primary school, a kgotla and a Health post. The population counted 1,117 in the 2001 census. See also *Mathangwane ...

(1842) * '' I due sergenti'' ** Luigi Ricci (1833) ** Alberto Mazzucato (1841) **

Gualtiero Sanelli Gualtiero is the name of: * Gualtiero Bassetti (born 1942), Italian prelate * Gualtiero Calboli (born 1932), Italian classicist and linguist * Gualtiero De Angelis (1899–1980), Italian actor and voice actor * Gualtiero Driussi (1920–1996), Ita ...

(1842) * ''

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Gover ...

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(1833) * ''

La figlia dell'arciere LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

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, atto III di Domenico Andreotti (1834) **

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Adelia ''Adelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Euphorbia, spurge family (biology), family, Euphorbiaceae, Family (biology), subfamily Acalyphoideae. It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the ...

'', Third Act by Girolamo Maria Marini (1841) ** Carlo Pedrotti (1844) ** Valdemaro de Barbarikine, ''Adelia'' (1877) * '' Un'avventura di Scaramuccia'' ** Luigi Ricci (1834) * '' Emma d'Antiochia'' **

(1834) ** Giovanni Bracciolini, ''Emma e Ruggero'' (1838) **

Vincenzo Pontani Vincenzo is an Italian male given name, derived from the Latin name Vincentius (the verb ''vincere'' means to win or to conquer). Notable people with the name include: Art *Vincenzo Amato (born 1966), Italian actor and sculptor * Vincenzo Bell ...

, ''Emma e Ruggero'' (1852) ** Carlo Lovati-Cozzulani, ''Alda'' (1866) ** Ercole Cavazza, ''Emma'' (1877) * '' Un episodio del San Michele'' ** Cesare Pugni (1834) **

Giuseppe Concone Giuseppe Concone (1801 Turin - 1861 Turin) was an Italian vocal teacher. Biography For about ten years Concone resided in Paris as a teacher. When he returned to Turin in 1848, he was at the time of his death organist and choirmaster of the Co ...

(1836) ** Luigi Savi, ''L'avaro'' (1840) **

Ermanno Picchi Ermanno Picchi (7 June 1811 – 18 April 1856) was an Italian composer, pedagogue and music critic who played an active role in the musical life of Florence from 1836 until his early death in 1856. Life and career Picchi was born in Impruneta in ...

, ''Il tre di novembre'' (1844) ** Giuseppe Lombardini, ''La sartina e l'usurajo'' (1853) ** Pietro Repetto, ''Un episodio del San Michele'' (1855) **

Guglielmo Quarenghi Guglielmo Quarenghi (October 22, 1826, Casalmaggiore, Italy – February 3, 1882) was an Italian composer and cellist. From 1839 to 1842 he studied with Vincenzo Merighi at the Milan Conservatory. In 1850, he became principal cellist at La Sca ...

, ''Il dì di San Michele'' (1863) ** Carlo Brizzi, ''L'avaro'' (1877) * '' Uggero il danese'' **

(1834) * '' La gioventù di Enrico V'' **

(1834) * '' Francesca Donato'' subtitled ''Corinto distrutta'' **

(1835) ** Pietro Raimondi (1842) * '' Odio e amore'' ** Mariano Obiols (1837) ** Alfonso Cosentino, ''Laurina'' (1858) * '' La solitaria delle Asturie'' or ''La Spagna ricuperata'' **

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(1840) ** Luigi Ricci (1845) ** Giuseppe Sordelli (1846) **

Giuseppe Winter Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Gius ...

, ''Matilde di Scozia'' (1852) * '' La spia ovvero Il merciaiuolo americano'' ** Angelo Villanis (1850) * ''

Edita di Lorno Edita is a female first name, a form of Edith. It may refer to: * Edita Abdieski (born 1984), Swiss singer * Edita Adlerová (born 1971), Czech opera singer *Edita Aradinović (born 1993), Serbian singer *Edita Brychta (born 1961), English actress ...

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Giulio Litta Giulio Litta, Viscount Arese, (1822 – 29 May 1891) was an Italian composer. He was trained at the Milan Conservatory where his first opera, ''Bianca di Santafiora'', premiered in 1843. He composed several more operas, most of which premiered at t ...

(1853) * '' Cristina di Svezia'' **

Sigismond Thalberg Sigismond Thalberg (8 January 1812 – 27 April 1871) was an Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. Family He was born in Pâquis near Geneva on 8 January 1812. According to his own account, he ...

(1855)

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