- Antonio Somma
Antonio Somma (born
Udine ,28 August 1809 - diedVenice ,8 August 1864 ) was an Italianlibrettist who wrote the text ofUn ballo in maschera (1857) forGiuseppe Verdi . Under Verdi's supervision he also wrote the libretto forRe Lear , a project that Verdi never realised.References
[http://opera.stanford.edu/librettists/Somma.html Antonio Somma] Bio at [http://opera.stanford.edu/ OperaGlass] .
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