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

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and scholar of literature and

mythology Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrat ...

who wrote many

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

s for the opera

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist between

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early life Me ...

and

Boito Arrigo Boito (; 24 February 1842 10 June 1918) (whose original name was Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito and who wrote essays under the anagrammatic pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, librettist and composer, bes ...

.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

bourgeois The bourgeoisie ( , ) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital. They ...

family in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

, he studied law and literature in

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

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

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

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

University of Genoa The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe ( it, Università di Genova), is one of the largest universities in Italy. It is located in the city of Genoa and regional Metropolitan City of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguri ...

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

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

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 ''

Norma Norma may refer to: * Norma (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Astronomy *Norma (constellation) * 555 Norma, a minor asteroid *Cygnus Arm or Norma Arm, a spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy Geography *Norma, Lazi ...

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

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

before returning to

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

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

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

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

Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the ...

, which resulted in his appointment as the librettist for

La Scala La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...

. 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

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. 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 Nodie ...

'', ''

La straniera ''La straniera'' (''The Foreign Woman'') is an opera in two acts with music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on the novel ''L'Étrangère'' (2 vols, 1825) by Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt, although ...

'', '' Zaira'', ''

I Capuleti e i Montecchi ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' (''The Capulets and the Montagues'') is an Italian opera (''Tragedia lirica'') in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of ''Romeo and Juliet'' for an opera by Nicol ...

'', ''

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 Eug ...

'', ''

'' 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 ''Il turco in Italia'' (English: ''The Turk in Italy'') is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani. It was a re-working of a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (w ...

'' 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 Antoine- ...

'', and Donizetti's ''

Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', both ...

'' 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 premiere ...

'' (which he adapted from

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

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

Adalbert Gyrowetz Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec (Adalbert Gyrowetz) (20 February 1763 – 19 March 1850) was a Bohemian composer. He mainly wrote instrumental works, with a great production of string quartets and symphonies; his operas and singspiele numbered mo ...

) that

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

used for his early comedy ''

Un giorno di regno ''Un giorno di regno, ossia Il finto Stanislao'' (''A One-Day Reign, or The Pretend Stanislaus'', but often translated into English as ''King for a Day'') is an operatic '' melodramma giocoso'' in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto ...

''. 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

Francesco Florimo Francesco Florimo (12 October 1800 – 18 December 1888) was an Italian librarian, musicologist, historian of music, and composer.Libby, Dennis; Rosselli, John. "Florimo, Francesco" in Sadie 2001. Early life and friendship with Bellini Florimo ...

, 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 libretto ...

'' 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 Moneglia (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. It is a tourist resort on the Riviera di Levante. In 2012 it was added to the list of I Borghi più b ...

, (in the region of

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

, 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 Pietro Generali (born Mercandetti Generali; 23 October 1773 – 3 November 1832) was an Italian composer primarily of operas and vocal music. Generali was born in Masserano. He studied counterpoint with Giovanni Masi in Rome and spent a few m ...

(1818) ** Tomás Genovés y Lapetra, ''Enrico e Clotilde'' (1831) * ''

Medea in Corinto ''Medea in Corinto'' (''Medea in Corinth'') is an 1813 opera in Italian by the composer Simon Mayr. It takes the form of a ''melodramma tragico'' in two acts. The libretto, by Felice Romani, is based on the Greek myth of Medea and the plays on t ...

'' **

(1813) ** Prospero Selli (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 beyond ...

, ''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. For D ...

(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) * ''

Atar Atar, Atash, or Azar ( ae, 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭, translit=ātar) is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "visible and invisible fire" (Mirza, 1987:389). It is considered to b ...

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, a ...

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

'' **

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

(1814) **

Filippo Celli Filippo is an Italian language, Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English language, English name Philip (name), Philip, from the Greek language, Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "amante dei cavalli".''Behind the Name''"Given Name ...

(1824) * '' L'ira di Achille'' **

Giuseppe Nicolini Giuseppe Nicolini may refer to: * Giuseppe Nicolini (composer) (1762–1842), Italian composer * Giuseppe Placido Nicolini (1877–1973), Roman Catholic bishop * Giuseppe Nicolini (writer) (1788–1855), Italian poet, literary critic and politician ...

(1814) * '' La testa di bronzo'' or ''La capanna solitaria'' **

Carlo Evasio Soliva Carlo Evasio Soliva (27 November 1791 – 20 December 1853) was a Swiss-Italian composer of opera, chamber music, and sacred choral works. Soliva was born in Casale Monferrato, Piedmont to a family of Swiss chocolatiers who had emigrated from the ...

(1816) **

(1827) ** Giacomo Fontemaggi (1835) ** Vincenzo Mela (1855) * '' Maometto'' **

Peter Winter Peter Winter, later Peter von Winter, (baptised 28 August 1754 – 17 October 1825) was a German violinist, conductor and composer, especially of operas. He began his career as a player at the Mannheim court, and advanced to conductor. When the ...

(1817) * '' Rodrigo di Valenza'' **

(1817) ** Ferdinando Orlandi (1820) ** Filippo Chimeri, ''Elmonda di Valenza'' (1845) * '' Mennone e Zemira'' **

(1817) * '' La gioventù di Cesare'' **

Stefano Pavesi Stefano Pavesi (22 January 1779, Casaletto Vaprio – 28 July 1850) was an Italian composer. He is primarily known as a prolific opera composer; his breakthrough opera was Fingallo e Comala, and his acknowledged opera masterpiece is Ser Marca ...

(1814) * '' Le zingare dell'Asturia'' **

(1817) * '' Adele di Lusignano'' **

Michele Carafa Michele Enrico Francesco Vincenzo Aloisio Paolo Carafa di Colobrano (17 November 1787 – 26 July 1872) was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Par ...

(1817) **

Ramón Carnicer Ramón Carnicer i Batlle (October 24, 1789 – March 17, 1855) was a Spanish composer and opera conductor, today best known for composing the National Anthem of Chile. Biography Carnicer was born in Tàrrega, Spain. He was a pupil of Francesc ...

(1819) * '' I due Valdomiri'' **

(1817) * ''

Gianni di Parigi ''Gianni di Parigi'' is an 1839 ''melodramma comico'' (''opera buffa'') in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Felice Romani, which had previously been set by Francesco Morlacchi in 1818 and by Giovanni Antonio Speranza in 1 ...

'' **

Francesco Morlacchi Francesco Giuseppe Baldassare Morlacchi (14 June 1784 – 28 October 1841) was an Italian composer of more than twenty operas. During the many years he spent as the royal Royal Kapellmeister in Dresden, he was instrumental in popularizing the Ita ...

(1818) ** Giovanni Antonio Speranza (1836) **

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

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

(1818) **

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

, ''

'' (1840) * '' Il barone di Dolshein'' **

Giovanni Pacini Giovanni Pacini (11 February 17966 December 1867) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas. The fami ...

(1818) ** Franz Schoberlechner (1827) * '' Danao'' **

(1818) **

Giuseppe Persiani Giuseppe Persiani (11 September 1799 – 13 August 1869) was an Italian opera composer. Persiani was born in Recanati. He wrote his first opera - one of 11 - in 1826 but, after his marriage to the soprano Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani, who w ...

, ''Danao re d'Argo'' (1827) * '' Gl'Illinesi'' **

Francesco Basili Francesco Basili (31 January 1767 – 27 March 1850) was an Italian composer and conductor. The son of Andrea Basili, he was born in Loreto and died in Rome. References 1767 births 1850 deaths Italian classical composers Italian male ...

(1819) ** Francesco Sampieri (1823) ** Luigi Viviani, ''L'eroe francese'' (1826) **

Feliciano Strepponi Feliciano Cristoforo Bartolomeo Strepponi (26 October 1793 – 13 January 1832) was an Italian composer and conductor. He was born in Lodi, Lombardy, Lodi and died in Trieste at the age of 38. Amongst his compositions were seven operas which had a ...

(1829) ** Pietro Antonio Coppola, ''Gli Illinesi'' (1835) ** Francisco Gomez, ''Irza'' (1845) * '' Clemenza d'Entragues'' ** Vittorio Trento (1819) * '' Il falegname di Livonia'' **

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

(1819) **

, ''

Adina ADINA is a commercial engineering simulation software program that is developed and distributed worldwide by ADINA R & D, Inc. The company was founded in 1986 by Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, United St ...

'', 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 ''Margherita d'Anjou'' is an ''opera semiseria'' in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The Italian libretto was by Felice Romani after a text based on legends around the English Wars of the Roses by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt. The tit ...

'' **

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...

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

(1821) * '' La voce misteriosa'' **

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 copied in '' La pietra del paragone'' th ...

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

Atalia ''Atalia'' ( he, עתליה) is a 1984 Israeli drama directed by Akiva Tevet. It was adapted from a story by Yitzhak Ben Ner and mostly shot on location at Kibbutz Yakum. Plot Atalia (Michal Bat-Adam) is a 40-year-old widow who lost her husba ...

'' **

(1822) * ''

L'esule di Granata (''The Exile of Granada'') is a ''melodramma serio'' (serious opera) in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The Italian libretto was by Felice Romani based on the rivalries between the Zegridi and the Abenceraggi factions in the last days of the kin ...

'' **

(1822) ** Giovanni Tadolini, ''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 Pixérécourt. ...

'' subtitled ''Il pirata'' **

(1822) ** Alberto Mazzucato, ''I corsari'', revision by

Temistocle Solera Temistocle Solera (25 December 1815 – 21 April 1878) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Life and career He was born in Ferrara. He received his education at the Imperial College in Vienna and at the University of Pavia. Throughou ...

(1840) * ''

Amleto ''Amleto'' is an opera in four acts by Franco Faccio set to a libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet''. It premiered on 30 May 1865 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and was revised for a La Scala production given on ...

'' **

(1822) * '' Chi fa così, fa bene'' **

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

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

Francesca da Rimini Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. She was a co ...

'' **

(1823) ** Luigi Carlini (1825) **

Massimiliano Quilici Massimiliano Quilici (3 April 1799 - 18 October 1889) was an Italian composer. Born in Lucca, Quilici began his studies under his uncle Domenico Quilici; later he attended the Liceo Musicale di Lucca, of which he would later become director. His ...

(1829) **

(written 1830; unperformed) ** Giuseppe Staffa (1831) ** Giuseppe Fournier (1832) ** Giuseppe Tamburini (1835) ** Emanuele Borgatta (1837) **

(composta nel 1840, incompiuta) ** Francesco Canneti (1843) ** Giovanni Franchini (1857) * '' Egilda di Provenza'' **

(1823) ** João Evangelista Pereira da Costa, ''Egilda de Provenca'' (1827) * ''

Amina Aminatu (also Amina; died 1610) was a Hausa Muslim historical figure in the city-state Zazzau (now city of Zaria in Kaduna State), in what is now in the north-west region of Nigeria. She might have ruled in the mid-sixteenth century. A controv ...

'' or ''L'innocenza perseguitata'' ** Giuseppe Rastrelli (1824) ** Antonio D'Antoni (1825) **

Carlo Valentini Carlo Valentini (born 15 March 1982) is a former San Marinese footballer who last played for S.S. Murata and formerly the San Marino national football team. References

SS Murata players 1982 births Living people Sammarinese men's football ...

, ''Amina'', subtitled ''L'orfanella di Ginevra'', revision by

Andrea Leone Tottola Andrea Leone Tottola (died 15 September 1831) was a prolific Italian librettist, best known for his work with Gaetano Donizetti and Gioachino Rossini. It is not known when or where he was born. He became the official poet to the royal theatres ...

(1825) * '' Elena e Malvina'' **

(1824) **

, ''Elena e Malvina'' (1829) ** Francesco Vincenzo Schira (1832) ** Giuseppe Mazza (1834) ** Egisto Vignozzi (1835) * '' Il sonnambulo'' **

(1824) **

Luigi Ricci Luigi Ricci may refer to: * Luigi Ricci (composer) (1805–1859), Italian composer * Luigi Ricci (vocal coach) Luigi Ricci (1893–1981) was an Italian assistant conductor, accompanist, vocal coach, and author. Career Ricci began studying music ...

(1830) **

Carlo Valentini Carlo Valentini (born 15 March 1982) is a former San Marinese footballer who last played for S.S. Murata and formerly the San Marino national football team. References

SS Murata players 1982 births Living people Sammarinese men's football ...

(1834) ** Luiz Antonio Miró, ''O sonambulo'' (1835) **

Salvatore Agnelli Salvatore Agnelli (1817–1874) was an Italian composer. He was born at Palermo, studied at the Naples Conservatory, under Furno, Zingarelli ''Zingarelli'' is a modern Italian monolingual dictionary. Described as a ''Vocabolario della Li ...

, ''Il fantasma'' (1842) **

, ''Il fantasma'' (1843) * '' Gli avventurieri'' **

Giacomo Cordella Giacomo Cordella (Naples, 25 July 1786 – Naples, 8 May 1847) was an Italian composer. Biography Cordella studied in Naples with Fedele Fenaroli and Giovanni Paisiello. In 1804 he composed his first work, a cantata entitled ''La Vittoria dell' ...

(1825) **

Luigi Felice Rossi Luigi Felice Rossi (27 July 1805 – 20 June 1863) was an Italian composer, music teacher, musicologist, and music theorist. He mainly composed instrumental and sacred music. He did write one opera, ''Gli avventurieri'' (The Adventurers), which ...

(1835) **

Carlo Valentini Carlo Valentini (born 15 March 1982) is a former San Marinese footballer who last played for S.S. Murata and formerly the San Marino national football team. References

SS Murata players 1982 births Living people Sammarinese men's football ...

(1836) ** Antonio Buzzolla (1842) **

Antonio Cagnoni Antonio Cagnoni (8 February 1828 – 30 April 1896) was an Italian composer. Primarily known for his twenty operas, his work is characterized by his use of leitmotifs and moderately dissonant harmonies. In addition to writing music for the sta ...

, ''Amori e trappole'', revision by Marco Marcelliano Marcello (1850) * ''

Giulietta e Romeo ''Giulietta e Romeo'' is a dramma per musica by composer Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa after the 1530 novella of the same name by Luigi Da Porto and Shakespeare's '' Romeo and Juliet''. The opera ...

'' **

Nicola Vaccai Nicola Vaccai (15 March 1790 – 5 or 6 August 1848) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas, and a singing teacher. Life and career as a composer Born at Tolentino, he grew up in Pesaro, and studied music there until his parents sent him ...

(1825) ** Eugenio Torriani (1828) **

Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". Many years later, in 1898, Giu ...

, ''

'' (1830) * '' Il montanaro'' **

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

'' **

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

(1827) ** Franciszek Mirecki, ''Cornelio Bentivoglio'' (1844) * '' Il divorzio Persiano'' subtitled ''Il gran bazzarro di Bassora'' **

(1828) **

, ''L'ullà di Bassora'' (1831) ** Giuseppe Gerli, ''Il pitocco'' (1834) ** Giuseppe Mazza (1836) * '' I saraceni in Sicilia ovvero Eufemio di Messina'' **

(1828) ** Daniele Nicelli, ''Il proscritto di Messina'' (1829) **

, ''Eufemio di Messina ovvero La distruzione di Catania'' (1829) **

, ''Il rinnegato'' (1832) **

, ''Eufemio da Messina o Los sarracenos en Sicilia'' (1832) ** Alessandro Curmi, ''Il proscritto di Messina'' (1843) ** Angelo Agostini, ''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 ...

'' **

(1828) **

(1829) **

, ''Cristoforo Colombo'' (1831) ** Luigi Bottesini, ''Cristoforo Colombo'' (1848) ** Carlo Emanuele De Barbieri, ''Columbus'' (1848) ** Vincenzo Mela, ''Cristoforo Colombo'' (1857) ** Felicita Casella, ''Cristoforo Colombo'' (1865) ** Giuseppe Marcora (1869) * ''

'' **

(1829) * '' Rosmonda'' **

(1829) **

, ''

Rosmonda d'Inghilterra ''Rosmonda d'Inghilterra'' (''Rosamund of England'') is a ''melodramma'' or opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian language, Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani originally for Carlo Coccia, Coccia's ''Rosmunda'' (1829). ...

'' (1834) ** Antonio Belisario (1835) ** Pietro Tonassi e Pietro Collavo, ''Il castello di Woodstock'' (1839) **

Otto Nicolai Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy ''The Merry Wives of Wi ...

, ''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 tri ...

'' **

(1829) ** Ferdinando Ceccherini (1843) ** Giovanni Antonio Speranza (1844) * '' Zaira'' **

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

(1831) ** Antonio Mami (1845) * '' Giovanna Shore'' **

Carlo Conti Carlo Natale Marino Conti (born 13 March 1961), simply known as Carlo Conti, is an Italian television presenter. Life and career Born in Florence, Conti graduated in accountancy, then he was a bank teller from 1981 to 1986.. After some experi ...

(1829) **

Lauro Rossi Lauro Rossi (born in Macerata, 19 February 1810;Some sources say 1812. died in Cremona, 5 May 1885), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. There is no known connection with Luigi Rossi (1597–1653). Life and career Rossi studied i ...

(1836) ** Enrico Lacroix (1845) ** Vincenzo Bonnetti (1853) * '' La rappresaglia'' **

(1829) * '' Bianca di Belmonte'' ** Luigi Riesck (1829) ** Tomás Genovés y Lapetra (1833) * '' Annibale in Torino'' **

(1830) * ''

'' **

(1830) * '' Il romito di Provenza'' **

(1831) ** M. A. Sauli (1846) * ''

'' **

(1831) * '' Il disertore svizzero aka ''La nostalgia'' **

Cesare Pugni Cesare Pugni (; russian: Цезарь Пуни, Cezar' Puni; 31 May 1802 in Genoa – ) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orche ...

(1831) **

(1832) **

Angelo Pellegrini Angelo Pellegrini (1904 – 1991) was a writer of books about the pleasures of growing and making your own food and wine, and about the Italian immigrant experience. He was also a professor of English Literature at the University of Washing ...

(1841) ** Giovanni Battista Meiners (1842) * '' La neve'' **

(1831) * ''

'' **

(1831) * '' I normanni a Parigi'' **

(1832) * ''

Ugo, Conte di Parigi ''Ugo, conte di Parigi'' (''Hugo, Count of Paris'') is a ''tragedia lirica'', or tragic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis's ''Blanche d'Aquitaine''. It premiered ...

'' **

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

'' **

(1832) * ''

Ismalia Ismailia ( ar, الإسماعيلية ', ) is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The city has a population of 1,406,699 (or approximately 750,000, includ ...

ossia Morte ed amore'' **

(1832) **

(1838) ** Vicenc Cuyás y Borés, ''La fattucchiera'' (1838) * '' Il segreto'' ** Luigi Maiocchi (1833) ** Placido Mandanici (1836) * ''

Caterina di Guisa ''Caterina di Guisa'' is an opera in two acts by Carlo Coccia to a libretto by Felice Romani based on the 1829 play ''Henry III and His Courts'' by Alexandre Dumas. ''Caterina di Guisa'' premiered on 14 February 1833 at the Teatro alla Scala in ...

'' **

(1833) ** Giuseppe Mazza (1836) ** Luigi Savi (1838) ** Fabio Campana (1838) ** Francesco Chiaromonte (1850) **

Antonio Gandolfi Antonio Gandolfi (February 20, 1835 – March 20, 1902) was an Italian soldier and politician. He was the 2nd Italian Governor of Eritrea. He was a recipient of the Silver Medal of Military Valor. In June 1890 Francesco Crispi, president of the ...

(1859) ** Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques (1859) ** Beniamino Rossi (1861) ** Giacomo Nascimbene, ''Enrico di Guisa'' (1868) * '' Il conte d'Essex'' **

(1833) * ''

Parisina ''Parisina'' is a 586-line poem written by Lord Byron. It was probably written between 1812 and 1815, and published on 13 February 1816. It is based on a story related by Edward Gibbon in his '' Miscellaneous Works'' (1796) about Niccolò III d ...

'' **

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

'' **

(1833) ** Rinaldo Ticci (1837) ** Frederico Guimarães, ''Beatriz'' (1882) * '' Il contrabbandiere'' **

(1833) ** Natale Perelli (1842) * '' I due sergenti'' **

(1833) ** Alberto Mazzucato (1841) ** Gualtiero Sanelli (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 Govern ...

'' **

(1833) * '' La figlia dell'arciere'' **

, atto III di Domenico Andreotti (1834) **

, '' Adelia'', Third Act by Girolamo Maria Marini (1841) **

Carlo Pedrotti Carlo Pedrotti (12 November 1817 – 16 October 1893) was an Italian conductor, administrator and composer, principally of opera. An associate of Giuseppe Verdi's, he also taught two internationally renowned Italian operatic tenors, Franc ...

(1844) ** Valdemaro de Barbarikine, ''Adelia'' (1877) * '' Un'avventura di Scaramuccia'' **

(1834) * '' Emma d'Antiochia'' **

(1834) ** Giovanni Bracciolini, ''Emma e Ruggero'' (1838) ** Vincenzo Pontani, ''Emma e Ruggero'' (1852) ** Carlo Lovati-Cozzulani, ''Alda'' (1866) ** Ercole Cavazza, ''Emma'' (1877) * '' Un episodio del San Michele'' **

(1834) ** Giuseppe Concone (1836) ** Luigi Savi, ''L'avaro'' (1840) ** Ermanno Picchi, ''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 ...

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

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

(1834) * ''

Francesca Donato Francesca Donato (born 25 August 1969 in Ancona) is an Italian politician who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2019, as a member of the party Lega Nord. European Parliament She was part of the group Identity and Democra ...

'' subtitled ''Corinto distrutta'' **

(1835) **

Pietro Raimondi Pietro Raimondi (December 20, 1786, Rome – October 30, 1853) was an Italian composer, transitional between the Classical and Romantic eras. While he was famous at the time as a composer of operas and sacred music, he was also as an innovat ...

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

(1838) **

(1840) **

(1845) ** Giuseppe Sordelli (1846) ** Giuseppe Winter, ''Matilde di Scozia'' (1852) * '' La spia ovvero Il merciaiuolo americano'' ** Angelo Villanis (1850) * '' Edita di Lorno'' ** Giulio Litta (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, h ...

(1855)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Romani, Felice 1788 births 1865 deaths Writers from Genoa Italian opera librettists Italian translators University of Genoa alumni Translators from French Translators to Italian 19th-century Italian poets Italian male poets Italian male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Italian male writers 19th-century Italian translators