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Gaetano Rossi

Illustration — Gaetano Rossi Gaetano Rossi (18 May 1774 – 25 January 1855) was an Italian opera librettist for several of the well-known bel canto-era composers including Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Saverio Mercadante in Italy and Giacomo Meyerbeer in one of his early Italian successes. Other composers with whom he worked included Simon Mayr, a composer and Donizetti's teacher, as well as the prolific Giovanni Pacini.

Gaetano Rossi

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Born
1774 · Verona.
Died
1855 · Verona.
Nationality
Republic of Venice
Occupation
librettist · writer · poet
Languages
Italian

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Illustration — Gaetano Rossi Gaetano Rossi (18 May 1774 – 25 January 1855) was an Italian opera librettist for several of the well-known bel canto-era composers including Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Saverio Mercadante in Italy and Giacomo Meyerbeer in one of his early Italian successes. Other composers with whom he worked included Simon Mayr, a composer and Donizetti's teacher, as well as the prolific Giovanni Pacini.

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Gaetano Rossi (1774–1855) was a librettist, poet and writer, a national of the Republic of Venice. The librettist was born and died in Verona. Gaetano Rossi worked in Venice. Languages used include Italian.

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