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Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
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Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (left) with Pietro Mascagni and Guido Menasci
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Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti

(1863-03-17)17 March 1863
Died 30 May 1934(1934-05-30) (aged 71)

Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (17 March 1863 – 30 May 1934) was an Italian librettist.

Biography

He was best known for his friendship and collaboration with the composer Pietro Mascagni. Most of his libretti were written in collaboration with Guido Menasci.

Targioni-Tozzetti was born and died in Livorno.

Operas

  • Cavalleria rusticana (1890)
  • I Rantzau (1892)
  • Regina Diaz (1894)
  • Silvano (1895)
  • Zanetto (1896)
  • Amica (1905)
  • La sposa di Nino (1913)
  • Pinotta (1932)
  • Nerone (1935)
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