Luigi Romanelli (July 21, 1751March 1, 1839) was an Italian opera

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. Romanelli was born in Rome. He wrote tens of librettos, most of them for operas to be performed at

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in Milan. In the same city he was professor of declamation at the conservatory. Among his most successful works, ''

La pietra del paragone ' (''The Touchstone'') is an opera, or ''melodramma giocoso'', in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, to an original Italian libretto by Luigi Romanelli. Performance history ''La pietra del paragone'' was first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 26 Se ...

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, ''

Elisa e Claudio ''Elisa e Claudio, ossia L'amore protetto dall'amicizia'' (''Elisa and Claudio, or Love Protected by Friendship'') is a two-act melodramma semiseria by the 19th Century Italian composer Saverio Mercadante from a libretto by Luigi Romanelli ba ...

'' for Mercadante, '' Fedra'' for

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and ''La vestale'' for Pacini Romanelli died in Milan in 1839.

Operas based on librettos by Romanelli

References

* John Black, "Romanelli, Luigi", ''

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, Second Edition'' (London: Macmillan, 2001). .

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanelli, Luigi 1751 births 1839 deaths Writers from Rome Italian opera librettists 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers 19th-century Italian writers Milan Conservatory alumni Italian male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Italian male writers Academic staff of Milan Conservatory