Calisto Bassi


Calisto Bassi was an Italian opera librettist.
Bassi wrote many original librettos and was also active as a translator into Italian of several librettos from other languages. For many years, he was also the stage director at La Scala in Milan.

Translations

This is a partial list of librettos translated into Italian by Bassi. Location and date refer to the first performance of the translated version.L'assedio di Corinto, music by Gioachino Rossini Guglielmo Tell, music by Gioachino Rossini La muta di Portici, music by Daniel Auber Roberto il Diavolo, music by Giacomo Meyerbeer Il Postiglione di Longjumeau