Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (or ''Giambattista''; 1721–1807) was an Italian librettist. He was born in Puglia and died in Naples and was a friend of Giovanni Paisiello, with whom he collaborated on numerous operas.

Libretti

*''Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode'' (set by

Giovanni Battista Pescetti Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 170420 March 1766) was an organist, harpsichordist, and composer known primarily for his operas and keyboard sonatas. Musicologist and University of California, Santa Barbara professor John E. Gillespie wrote that Pes ...

, 1749) *''Le gelosie'' (set by Niccolò Piccinni, 1755) *''L'idolo cinese'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1767; set by

Giacomo Rust Giacomo Rust or Rusti (1741 in Rome, Italy – 1786 in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian opera composer, probably of German ancestry. Not a great deal is known about Rust. Between 1763 and 1777, Rust was active in Venice, where his first opera, a ...

, 1773; set by Joseph Schuster, 1776) *''Il furbo malaccorto'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1767) *''La luna abitata'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1768) *''La finta maga per vendetta'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1768) *'' Il Don Chisciotte della Mancia'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello; set by Marcello Bernardini, 1769; set by Niccolò Piccinni, 1770; set by Giovanni Paisiello e

Florian Leopold Gassmann Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 – 21 January 1774) was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of '' dramma giocoso'' immed ...

, 1771, as ''Don Quischott von Mancia'') *''Gelosia per gelosia'' (set by Niccolò Piccinni, 1770) *''La corsara'' (set by Niccolò Piccinni, 1771) *''Gli amanti comici'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1772) *''Le trame zingaresche'' (set by Niccolò Piccinni, 1772) *''Il tamburo'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1773) *''Il duello'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1774) *''Le finte zingarelle'' (set by

Agostino Accorimboni Agostino Accorimboni (28 August 1739 - 13 August 1818), last name also given as Accoramboni, Accorimbeni or Accorrimboni, was an Italian composer known mostly for his operas. He composed thirteen operas of which ten premiered in Rome , e ...

, 1774) *''Il divertimento de' numi'' (scherzo rappresentativo per musica; set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1774) *''Socrate immaginario'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1775; set by

, 1776) *''La fuga'' (set by

Gaetano Monti Gaetano Monti (c. 1750 – 1824) was an Italian sculptor, active in Milan. Little is known about his career; he was, for a time, active as a teacher of anatomy at the Ospedale Maggiore, where he numbered among his pupils Andrea Appiani and Gaeta ...

, 1777) *''Il geloso sincerato'' (set by

, 1779; set by Giuseppe Nicolini, 1804) *''L'infedeltà fedele'' (set by Domenico Cimarosa, 1779; set by

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, 1780, as ''L'infedeltà premiata'') *''I due gemelli'' (set by

Giacomo Tritto Giacomo Domenico Mario Antonio Pasquale Giuseppe Tritto (2 April 1733 – 16 September 1824) was an Italian composer, known primarily for his fifty-four operas. He was born in Altamura, and studied in Naples; among his teachers were Nicola Fa ...

, 1783; set by Salvatore Agnelli, 1839) *''Il convitato di pietra'' (set by

, 1783; set by

Vincenzo Fabrizi Vincenzo Fabrizi (1764 – c. 1812) was an Italian composer of opera buffa. Little is known of Fabrizi's life, perhaps because of his many journeys to various parts of Italy and Europe. He was born in Naples in 1764 and studied under the guidan ...

, 1787) *''La scuffiara'' (set by

, 1784) *''L'apparenza inganna ossia La villeggiatura'' (set by Domenico Cimarosa, 1784) *''Il marito disperato'' (set by Domenico Cimarosa, 1785) *''La finta zingara'' (set by

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (9 December 1728 – 19 November 1804) was an Italian opera composer of the classical period. Biography Guglielmi was born into the Guglielmi family of musicians in Massa. His father, Jacopo Guglielmi, was a comp ...

, 1785) *''Le sventure fortunate'' (set by

, 1785) *''La modista raggiratrice'' (basato su ''Il Filippo'' di

Gennaro Antonio Federico Gennaro Antonio Federico (died Naples, 1744) was a Neapolitan poet and opera librettist. He is best remembered for his collaborations with G. B. Pergolesi including La serva padrona.Guy A. Marco Opera: A Research and Information Guide - Page 268 ...

; set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1787) *''Le vane gelosie'' (set by Giovanni Paisiello, 1790) *''Il dottorato di Pulcinella'' (set by Giuseppe Farinelli, 1792) *''La serva onorata'' (basato su ''Le nozze di Figaro'' di Lorenzo Da Ponte; set by Niccolò Piccinni, 1792) *''Le fallaci apparenze'' (set by Gennaro Astarita, 1793) *''La pietra simpatica'' (set by Silvestro Palma, 1795) *''Gli amanti ridicoli'' (set by Silvestro Palma, 1797) *''Don Anchise campione'' (set by

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical to the Romantic ...

, 1800) *''L'equivoco'' (set by Pietro Casella, 1804) *''Le seguaci di Diana'' (set by Silvestro Palma, 1805)

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