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

TitleGenreSubdivisionsMusicPremièrePlace, theatre
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.

Sources


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