Claudio Guastalla

Claudio Guastalla was an Italian opera librettist.

Guastalla was born in Rome on 7 November 1880 and died probably in the same city in 1948.^[1]

Especially important was his collaboration with the composer Ottorino Respighi.

Operas

Guastalla wrote fifteen libretti.^[1] Among them:

La grazia, opera in 2 acts, music by Vincenzo Michetti, Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 31 March 1923 (after Grazia Deledda)^[2]
Belfagor, commedia lirica in 1 prologue, 2 acts and 1 epilogue, music by Ottorino Respighi, Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 April 1923
Die versunkene Glocke (La campana sommersa), opera in 4 acts, music by Ottorino Respighi, Hamburg, Stadttheater, 18 November 1927
Odette, opera in 3 acts, music by Mario Marangolo, Brescia, Teatro Grande, 1929^[1]
Maria egiziaca , mistero lirico in 1 act and three episodes, music by Ottorino Respighi, New York City, Carnegie Hall, 16 March 1932
La fiamma, melodramma in 3 acts, music by Ottorino Respighi, Rome, Teatro dell'Opera, 23 January 1934
Lucrezia , opera in 1 act, music by Ottorino Respighi, Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 24 February 1937
Gli Orazi, opera (istoria per musica) in 1 act, music by Ennio Porrino, Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 1 February 1941^[1]^[2]

Guastalla was also the author of the subject of Respighi's ballet Belkis, regina di Saba (1932) and collaborated with Respighi for a revision (1934) of the libretto of L'Orfeo of Claudio Monteverdi.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reynolds, Barbara (1992). "Guastalla, Claudio". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Claudio Guastalla". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

[grove-1] Reynolds, Barbara (1992). "Guastalla, Claudio". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2.

[amadeus-2] Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Claudio Guastalla". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

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