Giovanni Bertati

During 1770, Bertati visited Vienna several times, where he collaborated with Baldassare Galuppi. He died in Venice, Italy. During his career as a librettist, Bertati was almost exclusively devoted to writing drammi giocosi. His most celebrated libretto is Il matrimonio segreto ("The Secret Marriage"), set to the music of Domenico Cimarosa, and premiered on 7 February 1792, in Vienna.

The following is the list of 70 libretti by Bertati; the years refer to first performances. • La morte di Dimone ossia L'innocenza vendicata (music by Antonio Tozzi, 1763) • Serenata per musica (music by Andrea Luchesi, 1764) • L'isola della fortuna (music by Andrea Luchesi, 1765) • Il villano geloso (music by Baldassare Galuppi, 1769; music by Johann Gottlieb Naumann, 1770; music by Giuseppe Sarti under the title I finti eredi, 1785) • L'anello in cantanto (music by Ferdinando Bertoni, 1771) • Calandrino (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1771; music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga and Giacomo Rust under the title L'avaro deluso, 1773; music by Antonio Sacchini, 1778) • L'inimico delle donne (music by Baldassare Galuppi, 1771; music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga under the title Zon-Zon principe di Kibin-Kinka, 1773) • La locanda (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1771; music by Giovanni Paisiello under the title Il fanatico in berlina, 1791) • L'isola di Alcina (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1771–72; music by Giacomo Rust, 1772; music by Alessandro Bianchi, 1794) • I visionari (music by Gennaro Astarita, 1772; music by Giovanni Paisiello under the title Gli astrologi immaginari, 1779) • La contessa di Bimbimpoli (music by Gennaro Astarita, 1772) • La tomba di Merlino (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1772) • Armida (music by Johann Gottlieb Naumann, 1773; music by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, 1786) • Mirandolina (music by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, 1773; music by Luigi Caruso under the title La virtuosa alla moda, 1776; music by Vincenzo Fabrizi under the title L'amore per interesse, 1787) • Il tamburo notturno (music by Giovanni Paisiello, 1773; music by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi under the title Il tamburo) • La villanella incostante (music by Johann Gottlieb Naumann, 1773) • Il marito che non ha mogli (music by Gennaro Astarita, 1774) • Il geloso in cimento (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1774) • Il principe ipocondriaco (music by Gennaro Astarita, 1774; music by Johann Gottlieb Naumann, 1776) • L'avaro (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1775; also set by Gennaro Astarita, 1776 and Ferdinando Orlandi, 1801) • L'amor bizzarro ossia La gelosa di sé stesso (music by Giacomo Rust, 1775) • La novità (music by Felice Alessandri, 1775; music by Giovanni Valentini under the title Il capriccio drammatico, 1787) • La donna instabile (music by Giovanni Battista Borghi, 1776; music by Antonio Boroni, 1776; music by Giovanni Battista Borghi under the title Gli tre pretendenti, 1777) • Isabella e Rodrigo ossia La costanza in amore (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1776) • Lo sposo disperato (music by Pasquale Anfossi, also under the title Il zotico incivilito, 1777; music by Vicenzo Nusco, 1808) • Il curioso indiscreto (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1777) – disputed attribution • La forza delle donne (music by Pasquale Anfossi, also under the title Il trionfo delle donne, 1778; music by Bernardo Ottani under the title Le amazzoni, 1784; music by Peter von Winter under the title Ogus ossia Il trionfo del bel sesso; music by Giuseppe Nicolini under the title Ogus ossia Il trionfo del bel sesso, 1799) • Il cavalier errante (music by Tommaso Traetta, 1778) • Le industrie amorose (music by Bernardo Ottani, 1778; music by Pasquale Anfossi under the title Il matrimonio per inganno, 1779) • La vendemmia (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, also under the title Le vendemmie, 1778) • Azorre di Kibinga (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1779) • Le nozze in contrasto (music by Giovanni Valentini, 1779) • Il più bel dono inutile (music by Antonio Rosetti, 1779) • I quaqueri (music by Antonio Rosetti, 1779) • Li rivali ridicoli (music by Michele Mortellari, 1780) • La statua matematica (music by Giovanni Valentini, 1780; music by Luigi Caruso under the title L'antiquario burlato ossia La statua matematica, 1786) • Le teste deboli (music by Francesco Salari, 1780) • L'imbroglio delle tre spose (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1781) • Il marito geloso (music by Luigi Caruso, 1781) • L'opera nuova (music by Matteo Rauzzini, 1781) • Lo sposalizio per dispetto (music by Gaetano Monti, 1781) • Gli amanti alla prova (music by Luigi Caruso, 1783; music by Francesco Piticchio, also under the title Gli amanti dispettosi, 1784) • Le due sorelle incognite (music by Antonio Calegari, 1783) • La villanella rapita (music by Francesco Bianchi, 1783) • Il serraglio di Osmano (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1784) • Le spose ricuperate (music by Luigi Caruso, also under the title I campi elisi ossia Le spose ricuperate, 1785) • L'amore costante (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1786; music by Pierre Dutillieu under the title Nannerina e Pandolfino ossia Gli sposi in cimento, 1792) • La contessa di Novaluna (music by Vincenzo Fabrizi, 1786) • Le donne fanatiche (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1786) • Chi sta bene non si muova (music by Ferdinando Robuschi, 1787) • Don Giovanni Tenorio (music by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1787) • L'orfanella americana (music by Pasquale Anfossi, 1787; music by Friedrich Christoph Gestewitz, 1791) • Il curioso accidente (music by Gennaro Astarita, 1789) • La fata capricciosa (music by Francesco Gardi, 1789) • Il pazzo glorioso (music by Marcello Bernardini, 1790) • Il fanatico in berlina (music by Giovanni Paisiello, 1791) • L'impresario in scompiglio (music by Gennaro Astarita, 1791) • Il matrimonio segreto (music by Domenico Cimarosa, 1792; music by Anchille Graffigna, 1883) • Amor rende segace (music by Domenico Cimarosa, 1793) • La principessa di Amalfi (music by Joseph Weigl, also under the title La contessa di Amalfi, 1794) • La bella Lauretta (music by Francesco Gardi, 1795) • L'intrigo amoroso (music by Ferdinando Paer, also under the titles Il male vien dal buco, Saed ossia Il serraglio and Gli intrighi del serraglio, 1795) • Andromeda (music by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, 1796) • La donna innamorata (music by Giuseppe Nicolini, 1796) • La donna di genio volubile (music by Marcos António Portugal, 1796) • L'amor l'astuzia insegna (music by Francesco Gardi, 1797; music by Francesco Gardi, 1801) • Il medico di Lucca (music by Sebastiano Nasolini, also under the title Il medico dei bagni, 1797) • La pace (music by Vincenzo Panza; music by Simon Mayr and Gaetano Marinelli, 1798) • Le tre orfanelle ossia la Scola di musica (music by Marcello Bernardini, 1798) • Gli umori contrari (music by Sebastiano Nasolini, 1798) "Melinda" (1798) • La bella selvaggia (music by Antonio Salieri, 1802)