Jacopo Ferretti
Jacopo Ferretti ( July 16, 1784 - March 7, 1852 ) was an Italian librettist .
life and work
Ferretti, who worked in Rome, wrote more than seventy libretti for successful operas and oratorios. His friendship with Francesco Maria Piave led to a personal acquaintance with Giuseppe Verdi . After the premiere of Verdi's I due Foscari in Rome in 1844, he read a long, self-written poem in honor of the composer at a banquet.
Ferretti wrote libretti for composers such as Gaetano Donizetti , Luigi and Federico Ricci , Gioachino Rossini and many others. Most famous is his libretto for Rossini's Cinderella opera La Cenerentola (1817), which he wrote based on the libretto by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's opera Cendrillon (1810), which in turn goes back to the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferretti, Jacopo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1784 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1852 |