Enrico Golisciani
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Enrico Golisciani was an Italian
author, born in Naples
. He is best known for his opera libretto
s, but also published a slim volume of verses for music, entitled Pagine d'Album (Milano, Ricordi
, 1885); many more of his poems intended to be set to music were published in the Gazzetta Musicale di Milano.
Italy
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author, born in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. He is best known for his opera libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
s, but also published a slim volume of verses for music, entitled Pagine d'Album (Milano, Ricordi
Casa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy...
, 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 (Nicola De Giosa - 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)
- Nella (Francesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
- Catania, Teatro Comunale, 31 March 1881) - Rabagas (Nicola De Giosa - Rome, Teatro Argentina, 23 March 1882)
- Cordelia dei Neri (Ferdinando Aldieri - La Valletta, Teatro Reale, 9 May 1884)
- Marion DelormeMarion DelormeMarion Delorme was a French courtesan known for her relationships with the important men of her time.- Early life, life as a courtesan, early death :...
(Amilcare PonchielliAmilcare PonchielliAmilcare Ponchielli was an Italian composer, largely of operas.-Biography:Born in Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli, near Cremona, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old.Two years...
- Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 March 1885) - Cimbelino (Niccolò van WesterhoutNiccolò van WesterhoutNiccolò van Westerhout was an Italian composer.-History and formal training:Of Flemish origin, the family van Westerhout settled in Apulia in the seventeenth century, first in Bari and then in Monopoli...
- Naples, private performance, December 1887) - Marina (Umberto GiordanoUmberto GiordanoUmberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.He was born in Foggia in Puglia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples...
- composed in 1888, but not performed) - Gina (Francesco CileaFrancesco CileaFrancesco Cilea was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.-Biography:...
- Naples, Collegio di musica, 9 February 1889) - Bianca di Nevers (Adolfo Baci - Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, 1 November 1889)
- Il segreto di SusannaIl segreto di SusannaIl segreto di Susanna is an intermezzo in one act by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Enrico Golisciani...
(Ermanno Wolf-FerrariErmanno Wolf-FerrariErmanno Wolf-Ferrari was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna...
- Munich, Hoftheater, 4 December 1909) - L'amore medicoL'amore medicoL'amore medico is an opera in two acts by composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Based on Moliere'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 (Nicola De Giosa - 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 FrontiniFrancesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
, Maddaloni, 1878 - Abbandonata, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
, Ricordi, 1878 - Biglietto amoroso, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
, Benenati, 1878 - Non sei più tu, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
, Benenati, 1878 - Un fiore sul verone , words by Enrico Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo FrontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
, Ricordi, 1883