Angelo Anelli

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Angelo Anelli (born November 1, 1761 in Desenzano del Garda , † April 9, 1820 in Pavia ) was an Italian librettist and writer .

Life

Anelli studied literature and law at the University of Padua and was involved in politics. During the time of the Cisalpine Republic he was responsible for some time as a commissioner for the Franciacorta district. In 1808 Anelli was appointed professor of rhetoric at the University of Milan . One of the first librettos he set to music was the Dramma eroicomico La Griselda, based on an episode of the Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio . Between 1793 and 1817 he was active as a theater poet and in organizational management at La Scala in Milan . He created 40 libretti there alone, mostly for comic operas, a. a. for the composers Domenico Cimarosa , Francesco Bianchi , Franz Benedikt Dussek, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi , Johann Simon Mayr , Niccolò Piccinni , Gioacchino Rossini and Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli.

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SURNAME Anelli, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian librettist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Desenzano del Garda
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1820
Place of death Pavia