Giambattista Casti
Giambattista Casti (born August 29, 1724 in Acquapendente , † February 5, 1803 in Paris ) was an Italian poet and satirist .
He wrote libretti for the following operas , among others :
- Il re Teodoro in Venezia (music by Giovanni Paisiello , 1784)
- La grotta di Trofonio (music by Antonio Salieri , 1785)
- Prima la musica e poi le parole (music by Antonio Salieri, 1786)
- Cublai, gran kan de 'Tartari (music by Antonio Salieri, 1786–88)
- Catilina (music by Antonio Salieri, 1790–92)
Works
- Novella galanti dell 'Fig. Casti
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Casti, Johann Baptista . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, pp. 307–309 ( digitized version ).
- H. van den Bergh: Giambattista Casti (1724-1803). L'homme et l'oeuvre. Elsevier, 1951
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ librettidopera.it: Il re Teodoro in Venezia (1784)
- ↑ La Grotta di Trofonio ( Memento from November 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ ANTONIO SALIERI ( Memento of November 18, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casti, Giambattista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet and satirist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Acquapendente |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1803 |
| Place of death | Paris |