Attilio Catelli

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Attilio Catelli (born August 13, 1845 in Parma , † April 10, 1877 in Parma ) was an Italian librettist .

Catelli worked as a director of local magazines and newspapers, in which he sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Lellio Tattica . For the theater he wrote some parodies of operas that were in vogue, such as Ruy Blas , Un ballo in maschera and Aida . These were composed and staged by Leopoldo Versti . He wrote the libretti for Giuditta (1871) and Marcellina (1873) by Telesforo Righi , Eufemio de Messina (1877) by Primo Bandini and Il conte di Raysor ( premier 1885) and Nerone ( premier 1888) by Riccardo Rasori .

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