Calisto Bassi
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 a translator into Italian of several librettos from other languages. For many years, he was also the stage director at La Scala in Milan.
Original librettos
| 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
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
- "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
- Works by Calisto Bassi at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)