Calisto Bassi

Calisto Bassi (beginning of the 19th century, in Cremona – c. 1860, in Abbiategrasso) was an Italian opera librettist.

Bassi wrote many original librettos and was also active as a translator into Italian of several librettos from other languages. For many years, he was also the stage director at La Scala in Milan.

Original librettos TitleGenreSubdivisionsMusicPremièrePlace, theatreLe nozze di Telemaco e Antiope azione lirica 3 acts Saverio Mercadante 5 November 1824 Vienna, Theater am KärntnertorIl podestà di Burgos ossia Il signore del villaggio melodramma giocoso 2 acts Saverio Mercadante 20 November 1824 Vienna, Theater am KärntnertorI Crociati a Tolemaide ovvero Malek-Adel melodramma serio 2 acts Giovanni Pacini 13 November 1828 Trieste, Teatro GrandeIl solitario opera seria 2 acts Giuseppe Persiani 26 April 1829 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaLa vendetta melodramma tragico 2 acts Cesare Pugni 11 February 1832 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaRicciarda di Edimburgo dramma serio 2 acts Cesare Pugni 29 September 1832 Trieste, Teatro GrandeIacopo di Valenza melodramma 2 acts Ruggero Manna Autumn 1832 Trieste, Teatro GrandeIl carrozzino da vendere melodramma comico 1 act Angelo Frondoni 29 June 1833 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaAmelia, ossia Otto anni di costanza melodramma comico 3 acts Lauro Rossi 31 December 1834 Napoli, Teatro San CarloI tre mariti farsa 1 act 24 June 1836 Milan, Teatro alla CanobbianaLa bella Celeste degli Spadari melodramma comico 2 acts Pietro Antonio Coppola 14 June 1837 Milan, Teatro alla CanobbianaL'ammalata e il consulto melodramma comico 1 act Giuseppe Manusardi 24 June 1837 Milan, Teatro alla CanobbianaSalvator Rosa farsa 3 acts Giovanni Luigi Bazzoni 27 June 1837 Milan, Teatro alla CanobbianaI ciarlatani melodramma buffo 2 acts Giacomo Panizza 29 October 1839 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaIl solitario opera seria 2 acts Achille Peri 29 May 1841 Reggio Emilia, Teatro ComunaleIl Buontempone di Porta Ticinese in Milano, ossia Sabato Domenica e Lunedì melodramma buffo 3 acts Placido Mandanici 16 June 1841 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaIl birichino di Parigi melodramma 1 act Giuseppe Manusardi 25 June 1841 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaRosalia di San Miniato melodramma semiserio 1 act Antonio Cagnoni 28 February 1845 Milan, ConservatoryAzema di Granata, ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini melodramma tragico 2 acts Lauro Rossi 21 March 1846 Milan, Teatro alla ScalaDon Bucefalo melodramma giocoso 3 acts Antonio Cagnoni 28 June 1847 Milan, ConservatoryIl testamento di Figaro melodramma comico 3 acts Antonio Cagnoni 26 February 1848 Milan, Teatro ReMezz'ora all'Inferno cantata fantastica Luigi Pirola 1850 Milan, Teatro CarcanoDue mogli in una melodramma giocoso 2 acts 30 June 1853 Milan, Teatro FilodrammaticiIda di Danimarca(Revision of La fidanzata di Lammermoor, after Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor) opera 3 acts Luigi Rieschi 29 July 1854 Milan, Teatro CarcanoElodia di San Mauro melodramma 3 acts Giovanni Battista Meiners Spring 1855 Milan, Teatro Carcano

Translations This is a partial list of librettos translated into Italian by Bassi. Location and date refer to the first performance of the translated version.

L'assedio di Corinto (from Le siège de Corinthe), music by Gioachino Rossini (Parma, Teatro Ducale, 31 January 1828) Guglielmo Tell (from Guillaume Tell), music by Gioachino Rossini (Lucca, Teatro del Giglio, 17 September 1831) La muta di Portici (from La muette de Portici), music by Daniel Auber (Rome, Teatro Valle, Spring 1835) Roberto il Diavolo (from Robert le diable), music by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Lisbon, 2 September 1838) Il Postiglione di Longjumeau (from Le postillon de Lonjumeau for Adolphe Adam) music by Pietro Antonio Coppola (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 6 November 1838) music by A. A. Speranza (Turin, Teatro Sutera, Spring 1845) La figlia del reggimento (from La fille du régiment), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 30 October 1840) La Favorita (from La favorite), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 6 August 1843) I Martiri (from Les martyrs, adaptation of Poliuto), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Lisbon, 15 February 1843) Roberto Bruce (from Robert Bruce), music by Gioachino Rossini (1847) L'anima in pena (from L'âme en peine), music by Friedrich von Flotow (1847) Mosè (from Moïse et Pharaon), music by Gioachino Rossini (Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 1849) Gerusalemme (from Jérusalem), music by Giuseppe Verdi (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1850) I Guelfi ed i Ghibellini (from Les Huguenots) (Trieste, Teatro Grande, Carnival 1851) Il Profeta (from Le prophète), music by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 26 December 1852) Alessandro Stradella, music by Friedrich von Flotow (Genua, Teatro Carlo Felice, Autumn 1863)