About Cesare della Valle
Lived 1776 – 1860 (aged 84). Cesare della Valle was a librettist and writer.
Cesare della Valle (1776/77–1860) was Duke of Ventignano (a hamlet in Fucecchio, Florence). He is best known today as a playwright and librettist.
He wrote the libretto to Gioachino Rossini's opera Maometto II from his own drama tragedy Anna Erizo (1820). Both were based on real-life Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II who took Negroponte from the Venetians in 1470.
That opera was completely reworked a few years later into Le siège de Corinthe (1826), but based on the same characters and story created by della Valle.
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Who was Cesare della Valle?
playwright, librettist, and Duke of Ventignano (1776-1860)
When was Cesare della Valle born?
Cesare della Valle was born on 9 February 1776 in Naples.
When did Cesare della Valle die?
Cesare della Valle died on 26 February 1860 in Naples.
What was Cesare della Valle's occupation?
Cesare della Valle was a librettist and writer.
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