Giacomo Rossi
Giacomo Rossi was an Italian poet, translator and librettist who settled in London early in the 18th century and wrote librettos for George Frideric Handel, between 1710 and 1729.According to Rossi ''Rinaldo'' was written by Handel in a fortnight. Aaron Hill seems to have given his sketch to Rossi to translate. The libretto is according to Winton Dean confusing.
Rossi probably worked on ''Il pastor fido'' and ''Silla''. Handel emerges from the enterprise with scarcely more credit than Rossi.
Rossi's name is also mentioned with for the libretto of ''Amadigi di Gaula'', or assisting in ''Poro re dell'Indie'' and ''Lotario''. The result of this latter work is unusually concise and easily understandable for a baroque opera. Rossi not only shortened the recitatives for Handel, but improved the text by shortening, rearranging and rewriting it. Almost half of the text was new.
In 1729 Paolo Antonio Rolli wrote: ''You will have heard by now that Attilio and Haym have died. I inform you now that the famed Rossi, Italian writer and poet is Handel’s librettist.'' Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4by Herbert Weissenböck, Tamás Bakonyi, Giacomo Rossi, Paolo Mani, Norbert NowotnyGet full text
Published 2013-02-01
Article -
5
-
6
-
7by Salvatore Desantis, Livio Galosi, Nicoletta Santamaria, Alessandra Roncarati, Lucia Biagini, Giacomo RossiGet full text
Published 2021-02-01
Article -
8
-
9
-
10
-
11by Giacomo Rossi, Matteo Cerquetella, Graziano Pengo, Subeide Mari, Emilia Balint, Gabrio Bassotti, Nicolae ManolescuGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
Article -
12
-
13
-
14by Adolfo Maria Tambella, Francesca Bartocetti, Giacomo Rossi, Livio Galosi, Giuseppe Catone, Annastella Falcone, Cecilia VulloGet full text
Published 2020-08-01
Article -
15by Alessandro Venditti, Claudio Frezza, Giacomo Rossi, Mirella Di Cecco, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Mauro Serafini, Armandodoriano BiancoGet full text
Published 2016-11-01
Article -
16
-
17
-
18by Gian Enrico Magi, Francesca Mariotti, Sara Berardi, Andrea Piccinini, Cecilia Vullo, Angela Palumbo Piccionello, Giacomo RossiGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
Article -
19by Andrea Marchegiani, Alessandro Fruganti, Alessandra Gavazza, Sara Mangiaterra, Alessia Candellone, Eleonora Fusi, Giacomo Rossi, Matteo CerquetellaGet full text
Published 2020-01-01
Article -
20by Matteo Cerquetella, Vittorio Giuliano, Giacomo Rossi, Simona Corsi, Fulvio Laus, Andrea Spaterna, Vincenzo Villanacci, Gabrio BassottiGet full text
Published 2012-04-01
Article