Enrico Golisciani

Ed. Ricordi 1883, musica di Francesco Paolo Frontini

Enrico Golisciani (25 December 1848 – 6 February 1919) was an Italian author, born in Naples. He is best known for his opera librettos, 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.

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)
  • I cavalieri di Malta (Antonio Nani) - Valletta, Royal Opera House 16 January 1880)
  • Nella (Francesco Paolo Frontini - 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 Delorme (Amilcare Ponchielli - Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 March 1885)
  • Cimbelino (Niccolò van Westerhout - Naples, private performance, December 1887)
  • Marina (Umberto Giordano - composed in 1888, but not performed)
  • Gina (Francesco Cilea - Naples, Collegio di musica, 9 February 1889)
  • Bianca di Nevers (Adolfo Baci - Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, 1 November 1889)
  • A Santa Lucia (Pierantonio Tasca - Berlin, Kroll Opera House 1892)
  • Il segreto di Susanna (Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Munich, Hoftheater, 4 December 1909)
  • L'amore medico (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:

References

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