Domenico Gilardoni

Domenico Gilardoni (1798–1831) was an Italian opera librettist, most well known for his collaborations with the composers Vincenzo Bellini (his first work) and Gaetano Donizetti.

Biography Gilardoni was born in Naples, but little is known about his early life and training. He died early, and thus had a short career, but wrote more than 20 librettos in five years, all for Naples.

For a later production, which was planned to open the new Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa on 7 April 1828, Bellini substantially altered the music and specifically rejected a request by Gilardoni to revise the libretto himself, preferring instead Felice Romani, whom he regarded as the superior poet. Bianca e Gernando, melodramma in 2 acts, Bellini, Teatro di San Carlo, 30 May 1826 Ildegonda, melodramma, Costa, Teatro Nuovo, 1827 Gustavo d'Orxa, melodramma, Alessandro Curmi, Teatro Nuovo, 1827 Otto mesi in due ore, opera romantica in 3 acts, Donizetti, Teatro Nuovo, 13 May 1827 Il borgomastro di Saardam, melodramma giocoso in 2 acts, Donizetti, Teatro del Fondo, 19 August 1827 L'esule di Roma, melodramma eroico in 2 acts, Donizetti, Teatro di San Carlo, 1 January 1828 Gianni di Calais, melodramma semiserio in 3 acts, Donizetti, Teatro del Fondo, 2 August 1828 Ulisse in Itaca, opera seria in 2 acts, Ricci, Teatro di San Carlo, 12 January 1828 Il paria, melodramma in 2 acts, Donizetti, Teatro di San Carlo, 12 January 1829 Il giovedì grasso, farsa in 1 act, Donizetti, Teatro del Fondo, 26 February 1829 Bannier, melodramma in 2 acts, Mario Aspa, Teatro del Fondo, 6 June 1829 I fidanzati, ossia Il connestabile di Chester, melodramma in 3 acts, Pacini, Teatro di San Carlo, 19 November 1829 I pazzi per progetto, farsa in 1 act, Donizetti, Teatro di San Carlo, 6 February 1830 Il diluvio universale, azione tragico-sacra in 3 acts, Donizetti, Teatro di San Carlo, 6 March 1830 Il carcere d'Ildegonda, melodramma in 2 acts, Mario Aspa, Teatro Nuovo, October 1830 Edoardo in Iscozia, dramma per musica in 2 acts, Carlo Coccia, Teatro di San Carlo, 8 May 1831 Francesca di Foix, melodramma in 1 act, Donizetti, Teatro di San Carlo, 30 May 1831 La romanziera e l'uomo nero, farsa in 1 act, Donizetti, Teatro del Fondo, 18 June 1831 Fausta, melodramma in 2 acts, Donizetti (libretto completed by Donizetti), Teatro di San Carlo, 12 January 1832 Ugo d’Erinduro, melodramma in 2 acts, Giovanni Moretti, Teatro Nuovo, autumn of 1833