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ROMANI (Romani) Felice (31 I 1788, Genoa - 28 I 1865, Moneglia) - Italian opera librettist. He studied law and philology in Genoa; abandoning the career of a lawyer, he made his debut in 1813 as a librettist ("White and Scarlet Rose" by I. S. Mayr). Known as the most prolific and gifted librettist of Italy, 1st floor. 19 century .; collaborated with most of the leading Italian composers, writing more than 100 opera librettos, as per prod. classics and modern writers (W. Shakespeare, J. Byron, V. Hugo, W. Scott, R. Chateaubriand and others), and the original. Among the most mean. works of R. - the libretto of operas by G. Donizetti ("Anna Boleyn", "Lucretia Borgia", "Love Drink", "Alina, Queen of Golcondskaya"), V. Bellini ("Pirate", "Zaire", "Capulet and Montecki" , “Somnambulist”, “Norma”, “Beatrice di Tenda”), J. Rossini (“Aureliano in Palmyra”, “Turk in Italy”,“Bianca and Falliero”), J. Verdi (“King for an Hour”). The libretto of R. was also written by operas by J. Meyerbeer, S. Mercadante, I.S. Mayr, J. Pacini, N. Wackai and other composers. The best productions. R. marked logical. the harmony of drama, the brightness of imaginative characteristics, the wit and organic connection of the word with the principles of wok. Belcanto art. Peru R. owns a number of dramas. productionand critical. articles.