Enrico Golisciani
Illustration — Ed. Ricordi 1883, musica di Francesco Paolo Frontini Enrico Golisciani (25 December 1848 – 6 February 1918) was an Italian author, born in Naples. He is best known for his opera librettos, but also published a slim volume of verses for music, entitled Pagine d'Album (Milano, Ricordi, 1885); many more of his poems intended to be set to music were published in the Gazzetta Musicale di Milano.
Enrico Golisciani

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Illustration — Ed. Ricordi 1883, musica di Francesco Paolo Frontini Enrico Golisciani (25 December 1848 – 6 February 1918) was an Italian author, born in Naples. He is best known for his opera librettos, but also published a slim volume of verses for music, entitled Pagine d'Album (Milano, Ricordi, 1885); many more of his poems intended to be set to music were published in the Gazzetta Musicale di Milano.
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The following table contains the list of opera librettos written by Enrico Golisciani. • Title — Genre — Subdivisions — Music — Première — Place, theatre • matrimonioUn matrimonio nella luna — Bizzarria comico-lirica — 3 acts — bonamiciFerdinando Bonamici — 1871 — Naples, Teatro Mercadante • camoensCamoens — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — musonePietro Musone — 18 September 1872 — Naples, Teatro Mercadante • fiamminaLa Fiammina — Commedia lirica — 3 acts — magnettaVincenzo Magnetta — 1873 — Naples • rosettaRosetta la giardiniera — Commedia lirica — 3 acts — avolioGiovanni Avolio — 1873 — Naples • wallensteinWallenstein — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — musonePietro Musone — 19 August 1873 — Naples, Teatro Mercadante • nasoNaso il montanaro — caraccioloL. Caracciolo — 1874 — Bari • mariasMaria Stuart — Dramma lirico — 3 acts — palumboCostantino Palumbo — 23 April 1874 — Naples, Teatro di San Carlo • fataLa fata — Melodramma romantico — 2 acts — miceliGiorgio Miceli — 1875 — Naples • mammaMamma Angot al serraglio di Costantinopoli — Opretta comica — 3 acts — mugnoneLeopoldo Mugnone — 1875 — Naples • mariafMaria e Fernanda — Dramma lirico — 3 acts — ferrariFerruccio Ferrari — 1875 • pipistrelloIl pipistrello (Translation from Die Fledermaus for Johann Strauss II) — Opera comica — de giosaNicola De Giosa — 28 January 1875 — Naples, Teatro Vincenzo Bellini • donbizzarroDon Bizzarro e le sue figlie — opera comica — 1 act — mugnoneLeopoldo Mugnone — 20 April 1875 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • cuorCuor di marinaro — sessaCarlo Sessa — 1876 — Reggio Emilia • carloCarlo di Borgogna — musonePietro Musone — 22 March 1876 — Naples, Teatro di San Carlo • nozzeLe nozze di Giannetta — massèVictor Massé — 1877 — Naples • equivociGli equivoci — Opera comica — 3 acts — sarriaEnrico Sarria — 17 February 1878 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • griseldaGriselda, o La marchesa di Saluzzo — Opera semiseria — 3 acts — scaranoOronzo Mario Scarano — 6 January 1878 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • lindaLida Wilson — Melodramma — 3 acts — bonamiciFerdinando Bonamici — 31 January 1878 — Pisa, Teatro Nuovo • conteIl conte di San Romano — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — de giosaNicola De Giosa — 12 May 1878 — Naples, Teatro Vincenzo Bellini • candianoGabriella Candiano — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — moroderAugusto Moroder — 25 May 1878 — Milan, Teatro Dal Verme • griseldaGriselda — Opera — 4 acts — cottrauGiulio Cottrau — 25 September 1878 — Turin, Teatro Alfieri • ginevra1Ginevra di Monreale — Opera seria — 4 acts — parravanoCostantino Parravano — 18 November 1878 — Milan, Teatro Dal Verme • segretoIl segreto della duchessa — dell'oreficeGiuseppe Dell'Orefice — 1879 — Naples • ritrattoIl ritratto di Perla — Idillio lirico — 2 acts — rossiCesare Rossi — 7 January 1879 — Naples, Circolo Unione • conteCleopatra — Opera-ballo — 4 acts — bonamiciFerdinando Bonamici — 8 February 1878 — Venice, Teatro la Fenice • bagnoUn bagno freddo — Operetta — de nardisCamillo De Nardis — 24 February 1879 — Naples, Real Collegio di Musica • savoiardoIl Savoiardo — galassiVincenzo Galassi — 1880 — Naples • sognoSogno d'amore — Opera semiseria — belliniCesare Bellini — 12 January 1880 — Naples, Casino dell'Unione • cavalieriI cavalieri di Malta — Dramma lirico — 4 (prologue and 3 acts) — naniAntonio Nani — 16 January 1880 — Valletta, Royal Theatre • ducaDuca e paggio — Operetta — gnarroGiovanni Gnarro — 28 February 1880 — Naples, Collegio di Musica • alpigianaL'alpigiana — Opera semiseria — cassanoNicola Cassano — 23 March 1880 — Naples, Real Collegio di Musica • guantiI guanti gialli — spinelliNicola Spinelli — 1881 — Naples • guerraGuerra alle donne — falconiA. Falconi — 1881 — Naples • nellaNella — frontiniFrancesco Paolo Frontini — 31 March 1881 — Catania, Teatro Comunale • rabagasRabagas — Opera comica — 4 acts — de giosaNicola De Giosa — 23 March 1882 — Rome, Teatro Argentina • margheritaMargherita di Borgogna — Melodramma tragico — 4 (prologue and 3 acts) — falconClemente Falcon — 10 February 1884 — Casale Monferrato, Teatro Politeama • moglieLa moglie rapita — Opera buffa — drigoRiccardo Drigo — 22 February1884 — Saint Petersburg, Ermitage • cordeliaCordelia dei Neri — Leggenda lirica — 3 acts — aldieriFerdinando Aldieri — 9 May 1884 — Valletta, Royal Theatre • Re Manfredi — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — sessaCarlo Sessa — 23 July 1884 — Milan, Teatro Dal Verme • biancaBianca — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — tascaPierantonio Tasca — 11 February 1885 — Florence, Teatro della Pergola • marionMarion Delorme — Melodramma — 4 acts — ponchielliAmilcare Ponchielli — 17 March 1885 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • notteUna notte a Venezia — Melodramma romantico — avalloneFrancesco Avallone — 16 May 1885 — Salerno, Teatro Municipale • etelkàEtelkà — Leggenda lirica — 2 acts — buongiornoCrescenzo Buongiorno — 1886 — Naples • testamentoIl testamento di zio Saverio — Operetta comica — 2 acts — galassiVincenzo Galassi — 1886 — Naples • lokinvarLokinvar (Lochinvar) — Idillio romantico — 4 acts — kelliR.F. Kelli — 25 January 1887 — Salerno, Teatro Municipale • ivanhoeIvanhoe — Melodramma — 4 acts — ciardiAttilio Ciardi — 1888 — Prato • marinaMarina — Melodramma — 1 act — giordanoUmberto Giordano — 1888 — Composed in 1888, but nperformed • agneseAgnese Visconti — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — naniAntonio Nani — 18 January 1889 — Valletta, Royal Theatre • ginaGina — Melodramma idillico — 3 acts — cileaFrancesco Cilea — 9 February 1889 — Naples, Teatrino del Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella • ginevra2Ginevra di Monreale — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — bonaviaGiuseppe E. Bonavia — 22 April 1889 — Valletta, Royal Theatre • biancaBianca di Navarra (Bianca di Nevers) — Dramma lirico — 4 (prologue and 3 acts) — baciAdolfo Baci — 1 November 1889 — Rovigo • reginaLa regina di Toinon — Opera comica — 2 acts — prestreauFederico Anacarsi Prestreau — 1890 — Naples • amorAmor la vince — Opera comica — 3 acts — galassiVincenzo Galassi — 4 December 1890 — Naples, Teatro Vincenzo Bellini • biondinoBiondino — buongiornoCrescenzo Buongiorno — 1891 — Naples • diavoloIl diavolo zoppo — buongiornoCrescenzo Buongiorno — 1891 — Naples • ereboErebo — Dramma lirico — 3 acts — giannettiG. Giannetti — 1891 — Naples • Lilì — matiniRiccardo Matini — 1891 — Florence • saraSara la trovatella — Dramma lirico — 3 acts — biancoFrancesco Luigi Bianco — 7 March 1892 — Gallipoli, Teatro Municipale • cimbelinoCimbelino (Una notte a Venezia) — Dramma lirico — 4 acts — westerhoutNicola van Westerhout — 7 April 1892 — Rome, Teatro Argentina • vendettaVendetta abruzzese — Dramma lirico — 1 act — tanaraGiulio Tanara — 28 May 1892 — Turin, Teatro Scribe • birichinoIl birichino — Schizzo drammatico — 1 act — mugnoneLeopoldo Mugnone — 11 August 1892 — Venice, Teatro Malibran • colonColón en Santo Domingo (Cristoforo Colombo a S. Domingo) — Opera seria — 1 act — moralesJulio Morales — 12 October 1892 — Mexico City, Teatro Nacional • a santaA Santa Lucia — Dramma lirico — 2 acts — tascaPierantonio Tasca — 16 November 1892 — Berlin, Neues Königliches Opernhaus • etelindaEtelinda — jessupMildred Jessup — 1894 — Florence • teresaTeresa Raquin — Dramma musicale — 2 acts — coopE. Coop — 1894 — Naples • Dea — Opera — 4 acts — ronziPollione Ronzi — 4 August 1894 — Siena, Lizza • erosEros (In collaboration with Gemma Bellincioni) — Melodramma — 4 acts — massaNicolò Massa — 1895 — Florence • baruffeLe baruffe chiozzotte — Commedia musicale — 2 acts — benvenutiTommaso Benvenuti — 30 January 1895 — Florence, Teatro Pagliano • festaLa festa della messe — buongiornoCrescenzo Buongiorno — 1896 — Leipzig • pupillaLa pupilla — gialdiniG. Gialdini — 1896 — Trieste • wandaWanda — Dramma lirico — 2 acts — bacchiniRomolo Bacchini — 1896 — Fermo • sorellaLa sorella di Mark (In collaboration with Gemma Bellincioni) — Idillio drammatico — 3 acts — setaccioliGiacomo Setaccioli — 6 May 1896 — Rome, Teatro Costanzi • Max — Opera seria — 2 acts — nissim-menichettiMary Rosselli Nissim and Giuseppe Menichetti — 27 February 1898 — Florence, Teatro Pagliano • rollaRolla (Luigi Rolla) — Opera seria — 1 acts — scognamiglioGennaro Scognamiglio — 27 January 1899 — Naples, Teatro Vincenzo Bellini • morettaLa moretta — Opera — 1 act — fimianiAlfredo Fimiani — 16 February 1900 — Naples, Teatro Mercadante • atalAtal-Kar — Opera — 4 acts — dall'olioCesare Dall'Olio — 14 December 1900 — Turin, Teatro Balbo • daniellaDaniella — Opera — 2 acts — marzanoMariano Marzano — 31 May 1901 — Caserta, Teatro Cimarosa • sirenaLa sirena — Opera — 2 acts — baciAdolfo Baci — 22 February 1903 — Venice, Teatro Rossini • vigiliaVigilia di nozze — Opera — 3 acts — de angelisTeofilo De Angelis — 12 September 1903 — Perugia, Teatro Morlacchi • albaAlba — Novella lirica — 4 acts — de angelisTeofilo De Angelis — Unperformed • manuelManuel Garcia — Melodramma — 4 acts — tarantiniLeopoldo Tarantini — 1904 — Naples • vitaVita bretone — Opera — 3 acts — mugnoneLeopoldo Mugnone — 14 March 1905 — Naples, Teatro di San Carlo • iglesiasIglesias (Cuore sardo) — Dramma lirico — 1 act — baravalleVittorio Baravalle — 1907 — Turin • borghesinaLa borghesina — Commedia lirica — 4 acts — machadoAugusto Machado — 1909 — Lisbon • segretoIl segreto di Susanna ("Susannes Geheimnis") — Intermezzo — 1 act — wolf-ferrariErmanno Wolf-Ferrari — 4 December 1909 — Munich, Residenztheater (Hoftheater) am Salvatorplatz • maritanaMaritana — tarantiniGaetano Tarantini — 1911 — Bari • gioielliI gioielli della Madonna (Der Schmuk der Madonna) (In collaboration with Carlo Zangarini) — Opera — 3 acts — wolf-ferrariErmanno Wolf-Ferrari — 23 December 1911 — Berlin, Kurfürstenoper Berlin • antonyAntony — Melodramma — 3 acts — casalainaRiccardo Casalaina — 1912 — Parma • du barryLa Du Barry — Melodramma — 4 (3 acts and epilogue) — camussiEzio Camussi — 7 November 1912 — Milan, Teatro Lirico • amoremedL'amore medico (Der Liebhaber als Arzt) — Commedia musicale — 2 acts — wolf-ferrariErmanno Wolf-Ferrari — 4 December 1913 — Dresden, Semperoper • giordanoGiordano — vellalLuigi Vella — 1914 — Valletta. Partial performance • champagnaChampagna club — curciAlberto Curci — 1916 — Naples • luluLulù e Ninì — marzanoMariano Marzano — 1916 — Caserta • notteNotte nuziale — vellalLuigi Vella — 1917 — Unperformed • candeliereIl candeliere — ferrariFerruccio Ferrari — 1917 — Turin • carbonariI carbonari — vellapPaolo Vella — 1920 — Unperformed • donnaDonna Rios — ceccariniAdriano Ceccarini — 1920 — Viterbo • garofanoIl garofano bianco — drigoRiccardo Drigo — 1929 — Padua
Poems set to music
Poems set to music
Romances: • Preso a morte, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Maddaloni, 1878 • Abbandonata, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Ricordi, 1878 • Biglietto amoroso, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Benenati, 1878 • Non sei più tu, words by E. Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Benenati, 1878 • Un fiore sul verone, words by Enrico Golisciani, music by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Ricordi, 1883
Life and career
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Life and career
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1848
Enrico Golisciani born at Naples.
1919
Enrico Golisciani died at Naples.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Bruni, Franco. GOLISCIANI, Enrico - Enciclopedia - Treccani. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 57 (2001). Treccani - Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
- 2.Università di Bologna. Libretti by Enrico Golisciani. Corago.
- 3.Blake, John. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Volume Two. Oxford University Press. 482. 1992. 978-0-19-976476-1.
- 4.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1995. 978-0-393-03487-5.
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