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

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for two operas by

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: ''

Torvaldo e Dorliska ''Torvaldo e Dorliska'' is an operatic dramma semiserio in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the novel/memoir ' (1787–1790) by the revolutionary Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, whose work was ...

'' (1815) and '' The Barber of Seville'' (1816). An official in the Pontifical Administration, he also set poetry to music as an

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. He wrote the libretto to the opera '' Il Contraccambio'' to the music of

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in 1819, and the opera ''

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'' to the music of Francesco Basili in 1820.Cesare Sterbini http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cesare-sterbini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ He died in Rome on 19 January 1831.

Libretti

*''Paolo e Virginia'', cantata, music by Vincenzo Migliorucci (1812) *''

'', dramma semiserio, music by

(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 Giovanni Tadolini (18 October 1789 – 29 November 1872) was an Italian composer, conductor and singing instructor, who enjoyed a career that alternated between Bologna and Paris. Tadolini is probably best known for completing six sections of R ...

(1817) *'' Il contraccambio'', dramma giocoso, music by

(1819). Set to music as ''La rappresaglia'' by Joseph Hartmann Stuntz (1819),

Johann Nepomuk Poissl Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1820), Francesco Cianciarelli (1822) and Saverio Mercadante (1829) *''Il gabbamondo'', dramma giocoso, music by

Pietro Generali Pietro Generali (born Mercandetti Generali; 23 October 1773 – 3 November 1832) was an Italian composer primarily of operas and vocal music. Generali was born in Masserano. He studied counterpoint with Giovanni Masi in Rome and spent a few m ...

(1819) *''

Isaura e Ricciardo Isauria ( or ; grc, Ἰσαυρία), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated, district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surro ...

'', dramma per musica, music by Francesco Basili (1820)

Notes

1784 births 1831 deaths Writers from Rome Italian opera librettists 19th-century Italian writers Italian male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Italian male writers {{Opera-bio-stub