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Italian writer and librettist
Cesare Sterbini
Cesare Sterbini (1784 – 19 January 1831) was an Italian writer and librettist.
Possessing a deep knowledge of classical and contemporary culture, philosophy, linguistics, he was fluent in Greek, Latin, Italian, French and German. He is best known as the
librettist for two operas by
Gioachino Rossini :
Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) and
The Barber of Seville (1816). An official in the
Pontifical Administration , he also set poetry to music as an
amateur . He wrote the libretto to the opera
Il Contraccambio to the music of
Giacomo Cordella in 1819, and the opera
Isaura and Ricciardo to the music of
Francesco Basili in 1820.
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He died in Rome on 19 January 1831.
Libretti
Paolo e Virginia , cantata, music by Vincenzo Migliorucci (1812)
Torvaldo e Dorliska , dramma semiserio, music by
Gioachino Rossini (1815).
The Barber of Seville , opera buffa, music by Gioachino Rossini (1816). The libretto was also set to music by Costantino Dall'Argine (1868), Giuseppe Graffigna (1879) and Alberto Torazza (1924)
Il credulo deluso , dramma giocoso, music by
Giovanni Tadolini (1817)
Il contraccambio , dramma giocoso, music by
Giacomo Cordella (1819). Set to music as La rappresaglia by Joseph Hartmann Stuntz (1819),
Johann Nepomuk Poissl (1820), Francesco Cianciarelli (1822) and
Saverio Mercadante (1829)
Il gabbamondo , dramma giocoso, music by
Pietro Generali (1819)
Isaura e Ricciardo , dramma per musica, music by
Francesco Basili (1820)
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