Vincenzo Michetti (1878 in

Pesaro Pesaro (; ) is a (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of Marche, capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the ...

– 1956 in Pesaro) was an Italian composer.

Works

Operas

* ''Maria di Magdala'', dramma lirico in 3 acts (episodes),

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

by the composer, Rome,

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, 5 March 1918 * ''La grazia'', dramma pastorale in 3 acts, libretto by

Claudio Guastalla Claudio Guastalla was an Italian opera librettist. Guastalla was born in Rome on 7 November 1880 and died probably in the same city in 1948. Especially important was his collaboration with the composer Ottorino Respighi. Operas Guastalla wrote ...

after

Grazia Deledda Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (; or Gràtzia Deledda ; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity p ...

, Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 31 March 1923 The first performance obtained a good success. * ''La Maddalena'', opera in 3 acts, libretto by the composer, Milan,

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, 22 November 1928 ''La Maddalena'' was a revision of ''Maria di Magdala'' with a different plot and many updates in the music. The reception was not fully satisfactory, due to persistent musical imperfections.

Other

Michetti was also the author of songs and music for piano.

References

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