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Calisto Bassi 
Summary
Calisto Bassi (beginning of the 19th century, in Cremona – c. 1860, in Abbiategrasso) 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 edit
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Music | Première | Place, theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le nozze di Telemaco e Antiope | azione lirica | 3 acts | Saverio Mercadante | 5 November 1824 | Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor |
| Il podestà di Burgos ossia Il signore del villaggio | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Saverio Mercadante | 20 November 1824 | Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor |
| I Crociati a Tolemaide ovvero Malek-Adel | melodramma serio | 2 acts | Giovanni Pacini | 13 November 1828 | Trieste, Teatro Grande |
| Il solitario | opera seria | 2 acts | Giuseppe Persiani | 26 April 1829 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| La vendetta | melodramma tragico | 2 acts | Cesare Pugni | 11 February 1832 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Ricciarda di Edimburgo | dramma serio | 2 acts | Cesare Pugni | 29 September 1832 | Trieste, Teatro Grande |
| Iacopo di Valenza | melodramma | 2 acts | Ruggero Manna | Autumn 1832 | Trieste, Teatro Grande |
| Il carrozzino da vendere | melodramma comico | 1 act | Angelo Frondoni | 29 June 1833 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Amelia, ossia Otto anni di costanza | melodramma comico | 3 acts | Lauro Rossi | 31 December 1834 | Napoli, Teatro San Carlo |
| I tre mariti | farsa | 1 act | Giovanni Luigi Bazzoni | 24 June 1836 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
| La bella Celeste degli Spadari | melodramma comico | 2 acts | Pietro Antonio Coppola | 14 June 1837 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
| L'ammalata e il consulto | melodramma comico | 1 act | Giuseppe Manusardi | 24 June 1837 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
| Salvator Rosa | farsa | 3 acts | Giovanni Luigi Bazzoni | 27 June 1837 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |
| I ciarlatani | melodramma buffo | 2 acts | Giacomo Panizza | 29 October 1839 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Il solitario | opera seria | 2 acts | Achille Peri | 29 May 1841 | Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale |
| Il Buontempone di Porta Ticinese in Milano, ossia Sabato Domenica e Lunedì | melodramma buffo | 3 acts | Placido Mandanici | 16 June 1841 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Il birichino di Parigi | melodramma | 1 act | Giuseppe Manusardi | 25 June 1841 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Rosalia di San Miniato | melodramma semiserio | 1 act | Antonio Cagnoni | 28 February 1845 | Milan, Conservatory |
| Azema di Granata, ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini | melodramma tragico | 2 acts | Lauro Rossi | 21 March 1846 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Don Bucefalo | melodramma giocoso | 3 acts | Antonio Cagnoni | 28 June 1847 | Milan, Conservatory |
| Il testamento di Figaro | melodramma comico | 3 acts | Antonio Cagnoni | 26 February 1848 | Milan, Teatro Re |
| Mezz'ora all'Inferno | cantata fantastica | Luigi Pirola | 1850 | Milan, Teatro Carcano | |
| Due mogli in una | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Cesare Dominiceti | 30 June 1853 | Milan, Teatro Filodrammatici |
| Ida di Danimarca (Revision of La fidanzata di Lammermoor, after Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor) |
opera | 3 acts | Luigi Rieschi | 29 July 1854 | Milan, Teatro Carcano |
| Elodia di San Mauro | melodramma | 3 acts | Giovanni Battista Meiners | Spring 1855 | Milan, Teatro Carcano |
Translations edit
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 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 edit
- "Bassi, Calisto". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 7. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1970. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Performances by Calisto Bassi". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links edit
- Works by Calisto Bassi at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
