Calisto Bassi
Calisto Bassi (Cremona, beginning of the 19th century – Abbiategrasso, c. 1860) was an Italian opera librettist.
Bassi wrote many original librettos and was also active as translator into Italian of several librettos from other languages. For many years he was also stage director at La Scala in Milan.
Original librettos
Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Music | Première | Place, theatre |
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nozzeLe nozze di Telemaco e Antiope | azione lirica | 3 acts | mercadanteSaverio Mercadante | 1824-11-055 November 1824 | Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor |
podestàIl podestà di Burgos ossia Il signore del villaggio | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | mercadanteSaverio Mercadante | 1824-11-2020 November 1824 | Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor |
crociatiI Crociati a Tolemaide ovvero Malek-Adel | melodramma serio | 2 acts | paciniGiovanni Pacini | 1828-11-1313 November 1828 | Trieste, Teatro Grande |
solitarioIl solitario | opera seria | 2 acts | persianiGiuseppe Persiani | 1829-04-2626 April 1829 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
vendettaLa vendetta | melodramma tragico | 2 acts | pugniCesare Pugni | 1832-02-1111 February 1832 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
Ricciarda di Edimburgo | dramma serio | 2 acts | pugniCesare Pugni | 1832-09-2929 September 1832 | Trieste, Teatro Grande |
Iacopo di Valenza | melodramma | 2 acts | mannaRuggero Manna | 1832-10-00Autumn 1832 | Trieste, Teatro Grande |
carrozzinoIl carrozzino da vendere | melodramma comico | 1 act | frondoniAngelo Frondoni | 1833-06-2929 June 1833 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
Amelia, ossia Otto anni di costanza | melodramma comico | 3 acts | rossiLauro Rossi | 1834-12-3131 December 1834 | Napoli, Teatro San Carlo |
treI tre mariti | farsa | 1 act | bazzoniGiovanni Luigi Bazzoni | 1836-06-2424 June 1836 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
bellaLa bella Celeste degli Spadari | melodramma comico | 2 acts | coppolaPietro Antonio Coppola | 1837-06-1414 June 1837 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
ammalataL'ammalata e il consulto | melodramma comico | 1 act | manusardiGiuseppe Manusardi | 1837-06-2424 June 1837 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
Salvator Rosa | farsa | 3 acts | bazzoniGiovanni Luigi Bazzoni | 1837-06-2727 June 1837 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
ciarlataniI ciarlatani | melodramma buffo | 2 acts | panizzaGiacomo Panizza | 1839-10-2929 October 1839 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
solitarioIl solitario | opera seria | 2 acts | periAchille Peri | 1841-05-2929 May 1841 | Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale |
buontemponeIl Buontempone di Porta Ticinese in Milano, ossia Sabato Domenica e Lunedì | melodramma buffo | 3 acts | mandaniciPlacido Mandanici | 1841-06-1616 June 1841 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
birichinoIl birichino di Parigi | melodramma | 1 act | manusardiGiuseppe Manusardi | 1841-06-2525 June 1841 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
Rosalia di San Miniato | melodramma semiserio | 1 act | cagnoniAntonio Cagnoni | 1845-02-2828 February 1845 | Milan, Conservatory |
Azema di Granata, ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini | melodramma tragico | 2 acts | rossiLauro Rossi | 1846-03-2121 March 1846 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
Don Bucefalo | melodramma giocoso | 3 acts | cagnoniAntonio Cagnoni | 1847-06-2828 June 1847 | Milan, Conservatory |
testamentoIl testamento di Figaro | melodramma comico | 3 acts | cagnoniAntonio Cagnoni | 1848-02-2626 February 1848 | Milan, Teatro Re |
Mezz'ora all'Inferno | cantata fantastica | pirolaLuigi Pirola | 1850-00-001850 | Milan, Teatro Carcano | |
Due mogli in una | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | dominicetiCesare Dominiceti | 1853-06-3030 June 1853 | Milan, Teatro Filodrammatici |
Ida di Danimarca (Revision of La fidanzata di Lammermoor, after Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor) | opera | 3 acts | rieschiLuigi Rieschi | 1854-07-2929 July 1854 | Milan, Teatro Carcano |
Elodia di San Mauro | melodramma | 3 acts | meinersGiovanni Battista Meiners | 1855-04-00Spring 1855 | Milan, Teatro Carcano |
Translations
This is a partial list of librettos translated into Italian by Bassi. Location and date refer to the first performance of the translated version.
- L'assedio di Corinto (from Le siège de Corinthe), music by Gioachino Rossini (Parma, Teatro Ducale, 31 January 1828)
- Guglielmo Tell (from Guillaume Tell), music by Gioachino Rossini (Lucca, Teatro del Giglio, 17 September 1831)
- La muta di Portici (from La muette de Portici), music by Daniel Auber (Rome, Teatro Valle, Spring 1835)
- Roberto il Diavolo (from Robert le diable), music by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Lisbon, 2 September 1838)
- Il Postiglione di Longjumeau (from Le postillon de Lonjumeau for Adolphe-Charles Adam)
- music by Pietro Antonio Coppola (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 6 November 1838)
- music by A. A. Speranza (Turin, Teatro Sutera, Spring 1845)
- La figlia del reggimento (from La fille du régiment), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 30 October 1840)
- La Favorita (from La favorite), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 6 August 1843)
- I Martiri (from Les Martyrs, adaptation of Poliuto), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Lisbon, 15 February 1843)
- Roberto Bruce (from Robert Bruce), music by Gioachino Rossini (1847)
- L'anima in pena (from L'âme en peine), music by Friedrich von Flotow (1847)
- Mosè (from Moïse et Pharaon), music by Gioachino Rossini (Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 1849)
- Gerusalemme (from Jérusalem), music by Giuseppe Verdi (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1850)
- I Guelfi ed i Ghibellini (from Les Huguenots) (Trieste, Teatro Grande, Carnival 1851)
- Il Profeta (from Le Prophète), music by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 26 December 1852)
- Alessandro Stradella, music by Friedrich von Flotow (Genua, Teatro Carlo Felice, Autumn 1863)
Sources
- "BASSI, Calisto". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). 7. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1970. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- "Calisto Bassi" (in Italian). amadeusonline. Retrieved 11 February 2015. External link in
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