Enrico Golisciani

Ed. Ricordi 1883, musica di Francesco Paolo Frontini

Enrico Golisciani (25 December 1848 – 6 February 1919) 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.

Selected librettos

• Carlo di Borgogna (Pietro Musone – Naples, Teatro Mercadante, 22 March 1876)
• Lida Wilson (Ferdinando Bonamici – Pisa, Teatro Nuovo, 31 January 1878)
• Il Conte di San Ronano (Nicola De Giosa – Naples, Teatro Bellini, 12 May 1878)
• Griselda (Giulio Cottrau – Turin, Teatro Alfieri, 25 September 1878)
• Il ritratto di Perla (Cesare Rossi – Naples, Circolo Unione, 7 January 1879)
• Sogno d'amore (Cesare Bernardo Bellini – Naples, Casino dell'Unione, 12 January 1880)
• I cavalieri di Malta (Antonio Nani) – Valletta, Royal Opera House 16 January 1880)
• Nella (Francesco Paolo Frontini – Catania, Teatro Comunale, 31 March 1881)
• Rabagas (Nicola De Giosa – Rome, Teatro Argentina, 23 March 1882)
• Cordelia dei Neri (Ferdinando Aldieri – La Valletta, Teatro Reale, 9 May 1884)
• Marion Delorme (Amilcare Ponchielli – Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 March 1885)
• Cimbelino (Niccolò van Westerhout – Naples, private performance, December 1887)
• Marina (Umberto Giordano – composed in 1888, but not performed)
• Gina (Francesco Cilea – Naples, Collegio di musica, 9 February 1889)
• Bianca di Nevers (Adolfo Baci – Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, 1 November 1889)
• A Santa Lucia (Pierantonio Tasca – Berlin, Kroll Opera House 1892)
• Il segreto di Susanna (Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – Munich, Hoftheater, 4 December 1909)
• L'amore medico (Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – Dresden, Hoftheater, 4 December 1913)

Translations into Italian

• Il pipistrello (Nicola De Giosa – Italian premiere at Naples, Società Filarmonica, 28 January 1875)

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

References

This article was originally translated from this version of its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia.