Enrico Golisciani

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Enrico Golisciani (born December 25, 1848 in Naples , † February 6, 1919 ) was an Italian librettist .

Golisciani wrote more than eighty opera librettos. His repertoire ranged from opera, Italian verismo, to opulent operetta. His name remained associated with two works by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , the comic opera Il segreto di Susanna and the verismo drama I gioielli della Madonna , the libretti of which belong to Golisciani's late work.

Libretti

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