Jacopo Ferretti

Jacopo Ferretti

Jacopo Ferretti (16 July 17847 March 1852) was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist. He is most famous for having supplied the libretti for two operas by Rossiniand for five operas by Donizetti.

Another version of his name is Giacomo Ferretti, and it is also sometimes erroneously spelled "Jacobo Ferretti".

Life

Introduced by his father to literature while very young, in addition to his native Italian, Ferretti mastered not only Latin and Ancient Greek but also French and English, and began writing verse early. Even though he worked in the tobacco industry from the age of about 30 until he was over 60, he was extremely prolific, writing "everything from love letter to odes and welcoming speeches" [ [http://www.operatalent.com/Safe/Librettists/Ferretti39205570.asp?librettista=46 Opera Talent entry for Jacopo Ferretti] ] , and numerous opera libretti, all but the few listed below being generally forgotten.

His first big success was La Cenerentola, written at great speed for Rossini over Christmas in 1816. Ferretti wrote afterwards how he had agreed to write a libretto on a subject which the censor vetoed, so he met the composer and the theatre manager to discuss alternatives. He struggled to find a new subject that appealed, but about two dozen were rejected for one reason or another. At last, yawning wearily, Ferretti said "La Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") and at last Rossini decided he liked it, so Ferretti went home and began at once, worked night and day on it, and gave sections to Rossini on Christmas Day. Early on during the production there were problems, but Rossini predicted (correctly) that it would be a great success in the long term.

Ferretti married the singer Teresa Terziani, and their house was continually visited by musicians and poets, including Donizetti who was a good friend.

Operas

Operas with music by Gaetano Donizetti

*"L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, o Don Gregorio" (1824)
*"Zoraide di Grenata" (1824)
*"Olivo e Pasquale" (1827)
*"Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo" (1832)
*"Torquato Tasso" (1833)

Operas with music by Saverio Mercadante

*"Scipione in Cartagine" (1820)
*"Gli amici di Siracusa" (1824)

Operas with music by Giovanni Pacini

*"Cesare in Egitto" (1821)

Operas with music by Luigi Ricci

*"L’orfanella di Ginevra" (1829)

Operas with music by Lauro Rossi

*"La figlia di Figaro" (1846)

Operas with music by Gioachino Rossini

*"La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo" (1817)
*"Matilde di Shabran, o sia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro" (1821)

Operas with music by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli

*"Baldovino" (1811)

Many others for other composers, now mainly forgotten.

References

Bibliography

*The Viking Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden with Nicholas Kenyon and Stephen Walsh, Viking (1993) ISBN 0-670-81292-7
*Jacopo Ferretti e la cultura del suo tempo (Jacopo Ferretti and the culture of his time), Annalisa Bini, Skira (1996) ISBN 8-881-18599-7

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NAME=Ferretti, Jacopo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Ferretti, Giacomo;Ferretti, Jacopo
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Italian librettist
DATE OF BIRTH=16 July 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH=Rome
DATE OF DEATH=7 March 1852
PLACE OF DEATH=


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