Luigi Romanelli
Luigi Romanelli (July 21, 1751March 1, 1839) was an Italian opera librettist. Romanelli was born in Rome. He wrote tens of librettos, most of them for operas to be performed at La Scala in Milan.
Luigi Romanelli

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- Born
- 1751 · Rome.
- Died
- 1839 · Milan.
- Occupation
- librettist · writer · poet
- Education
- Milan Conservatory
- Languages
- Italian
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Luigi Romanelli (July 21, 1751March 1, 1839) was an Italian opera librettist. Romanelli was born in Rome. He wrote tens of librettos, most of them for operas to be performed at La Scala in Milan.
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In the same city he was professor of declamation at the conservatory. Among his most successful works, La pietra del paragone for Rossini, Elisa e Claudio for Mercadante, Fedra for Mayr and La vestale for Pacini Romanelli died in Milan in 1839.
• Title — Genre — Subdivisions — Music — Première — Place, theatre • virginiaVirginia — dramma serio per musica — 3 acts — TarchiAngelo Tarchi — 8 September 1785 — Florence, Teatro della Pergola • virginiaVirginia — opera seria — 3 acts — AlbertiniJoachim Albertini — 7 January 1786 — Rome, Teatro delle Dame • fabbroIl fabbro parigino o sia La schiava fortunata — dramma giocoso per musica — 2 acts — FioravantiValentino Fioravanti — 9 January 1789 — Rome, Teatro Capranica • trionfoIl trionfo del bel sesso ossia La forza delle donne — opera buffa — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 20 August 1799 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • ritrattoIl ritratto — opera buffa — 3 acts — ZingarelliNicola Antonio Zingarelli — 12 October 1799 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • baccanaliI baccanali di Roma — opera seria — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 21 January 1801 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • puntiglioIl puntiglio (Furberia e puntiglio) — opera buffa — 2 acts — PucittaVincenzo Pucitta — 7 July 1802 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • fortunataLa fortunata combinazione — opera buffa — 2 acts — MoscaGiuseppe Mosca — 17 August 1802 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • capricciosaLa capricciosa pentita — dramma giocoso per musica — 2 acts — FioravantiValentino Fioravanti — 2 October 1802 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • schiavaLa schiava di due padroni — opera buffa — 2 acts — FioravantiValentino Fioravanti — 15 March 1803 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • Chi vuol troppo veder diventa cieco (I mariti gelosi) — opera buffa — 2 acts — MoscaGiuseppe Mosca — 2 July 1803 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • finteLe finte rivali — melodramma giocoso — 2 acts — MayrJohann Simon Mayr — 20 August 1803 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • impostoreL'impostore avvilito — opera — LavignaVincenzo Lavigna — 11 September 1804 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • abenametAbenamet e Zoraide — dramma per musica — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 26 December 1805 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • coriolanoCoriolano — dramma per musica — 2 acts — LavignaVincenzo Lavigna — 20 January 1806 — Turin, Teatro Regio • idomeneoIdomeneo — opera seria — 2 acts — FedericiVincenzo Federici — 31 January 1806 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • adelasiaAdelasia e Aleramo — melodramma serio — 2 acts — MayrJohann Simon Mayr — 26 December 1806 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • paoloPaolo Emilio — opera seria — JannoniJannoni — 2 February 1807 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • cleopatraCleopatra — opera — 2 acts — WeiglJoseph Weigl — 19 December 1807 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • conquistaLa conquista del Messico — dramma per musica — 2 acts — PaganiniErcole Paganini — 4 February 1808 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • rivaleIl rivale di se stesso — melodramma — 2 acts — WeiglJoseph Weigl — 18 April 1808 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • difesaDi posta in posta — opera — LavignaVincenzo Lavigna — 2 July 1808 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • coriolanoCoriolano ossia L'assedio di Roma — opera seria — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 26 December 1808 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • palmerioPalmerio e Claudia — dramma per musica — 2 acts — LavignaVincenzo Lavigna — 20 January 1809 — Torino, Teatro Regio • ifigeniaIfigenia in Aulide — melodramma — 2 acts — FedericiVincenzo Federici — 28 January 1809 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • orcamoOrcamo — opera — LavignaVincenzo Lavigna — 28 February 1809 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • amanteL'amante prigioniero — opera — BigattiBigatti — 6 May 1809 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • rivaliLe rivali generose — melodramma giocoso — 2 acts — PaganiniErcole Paganini and others — 10 June 1809 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • avventureLe avventure di una giornata — melodramma buffo — 2 acts — MorlacchiFrancesco Morlacchi — 26 September 1809 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • vestaleLa vestale — opera seria — 3 acts — PucittaVincenzo Pucitta — 3 May 1810 — London, King's Theatre • conradinaLa contadina bizzarra — opera buffa — FarinelliGiuseppe Farinelli — 16 August 1810 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • raulRaul di Créqui — melodramma serio — 2 acts — MayrJohann Simon Mayr — 26 December 1810 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • abradateAbradate e Dircea — dramma per musica — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 29 January 1811 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • fedraFedra — opera — RadicatiFelice Alessandro Radicati — 5 March 1811 — London, King's Theatre • Chi non risica non rosica — dramma giocoso per musica — 2 acts — GeneraliPietro Generali — 18 May 1811 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • casaLa casa dell'astrologo — opera buffa — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 17 August 1811 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • virginiaVirginia — dramma serio per musica — 3 acts — CasellaPietro Casella — 26 December 1811 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • tancrediTancredi — melodramma serio — 2 acts — PavesiStefano Pavesi — 18 January 1812 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • vedovaLa vedova stravagante — opera — 2 acts — GeneraliPietro Generali — 30 March 1812 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • pietraLa pietra del paragone — melodramma giocoso — 2 acts — RossiniGioachino Rossini — 26 September 1812 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • tamerlanoTamerlano — melodramma serio — 2 acts — MayrJohann Simon Mayr — 26 December 1812 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • isolaL'isola di Calipso — opera seria — 2 acts — GuglielmiPietro Carlo Guglielmi — 23 January 1813 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • ernestoErnesto e Palmira — opera — GuglielmiPietro Carlo Guglielmi — 18 September 1813 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • castoreCastore e Polluce — melodramma serio — 2 acts — RadicatiFelice Alessandro Radicati — 27 May 1815 — Bologna, Teatro del Corso • imboscataL'imboscata — opera — 2 acts — WeiglJoseph Weigl — 8 November 1815 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • eroismoL'eroismo in amore — melodramma serio — 2 acts — Ferdinando Paër — 26 December 1815 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • margarittaMargaritta d'Anjou ossia L'orfana d'Inghilterra — melodramma eroicomico — 2 acts — WeiglJoseph Weigl — 26 July 1816 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • abradateAbradate e Dircea — dramma per musica — 2 acts — BonfichiPaolo Bonfichi — 23 January 1817 — Torino, Teatro Regio • difesaLa difesa di Goa — dramma per musica — 3 acts — RussoRaffaele Russo — 17 January 1818 — Torino, Teatro Regio • adelaideAdelaide di Borgogna — melodramma serio — 2 acts — GeneraliPietro Generali — 24 April 1819 — Rovigo, Teatro Sociale • fedraFedra — melodramma serio — 2 acts — OrlandiFerdinando Orlandi — 10 June 1820 — Padua, Teatro Nuovo • conquistaLa conquista di Granata — melodramma serio — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 26 December 1820 — Venice, Teatro la Fenice • fedraFedra — melodramma serio — 2 acts — MayrJohann Simon Mayr — 26 December 1820 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • scioccaLa sciocca per astuzia — opera buffa — 2 acts — MoscaGiuseppe Mosca — 15 May 1821 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • elisaElisa e Claudio ossia L'amore protetto dall'amicizia — melodramma semiserio — 2 acts — MercadanteSaverio Mercadante — 30 October 1821 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • mandaneMandane, regina della Persia — opera seria — 2 acts — CocciaCarlo Coccia — 4 November 1821 — Lisbon, Teatro São Carlos • antigonaAntigona e Lauso — opera seria — 2 acts — PavesiStefano Pavesi — 26 January 1822 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • damaLa dama locandiera ossia L'albergo de' pitocchi — opera buffa — 2 acts — MoscaGiuseppe Mosca — 8 April 1822 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • vestaleLa vestale — melodramma serio — 3 acts — PaciniGiovanni Pacini — 6 February 1823 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • finteLe finte amazzoni — opera — RaimondiPietro Raimondi — 15 May 1823 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • aspasiaAspasia e Agide — melodramma serio — 2 acts — NicoliniGiuseppe Nicolini — 8 May 1824 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • isabellaIsabella ed Enrico — melodramma semiserio — 2 acts — PaciniGiovanni Pacini — 12 June 1824 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • gelosiaLa gelosia corretta — melodramma semiserio — 3 acts — PaciniGiovanni Pacini — 27 March 1826 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • arabiGli arabi nelle Gallie o sia Il trionfo della fede — melodramma serio — 2 acts — PaciniGiovanni Pacini — 8 March 1827 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala • saladinoSaladino e Clotilde — melodramma tragico — 2 acts — VaccaiNicola Vaccai — 4 February 1828 — Milan, Teatro alla Scala
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