Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (17 March 186330 May 1934) was an Italian librettist.
Biography
He was best known for his friendship and collaboration with the composer
Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece '' Cavalleria rusticana'' caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the ...
. Most of his libretti were written in collaboration with
Guido Menasci.
Targioni-Tozzetti was born and died in
Livorno.
Operas
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Cavalleria rusticana
''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play ...
'' (1890)
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I Rantzau'' (1892)
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Regina Diaz'' (1894)
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Silvano'' (1895)
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Zanetto
''Zanetto'' is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. It received its first performance on 2 March 1896 at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro. Only 40 minutes long and ...
'' (1896)
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Amica'' (1905)
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La sposa di Nino'' (1913)
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Pinotta'' (1932)
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Nerone'' (1935)
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1863 births
1934 deaths
People from Livorno
Italian opera librettists
Italian male dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Italian male writers
20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Italian male writers
Mayors of Livorno
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