Temistocle Solera (December 25, 1815 – April 21, 1878) was an opera composer and librettist. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ...

List of major works

Composer

• Ildegonda, 1840
• Il contadino d'Agleiate, 1841 (rev. as La fanciulla di Castelguelfo in 1842)
• Genio e sventura, 1843
• La hermana de palayo, 1845

Librettist

• Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio (Giuseppe Verdi, 1839)
• Galeotto Manfredi (Hermann; 1842)
• Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi, 1842)
• I lombardi alla prima crociata (Giuseppe Verdi, 1843)
• Giovanna d'Arco (Giuseppe Verdi, 1845)
• Attila (Giuseppe Verdi, 1846)
• La conquista di Granata Don Pascual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, 1850)
• La fanciulla delle Asturie (B. Secchi; 1856)
• Sordello (A. Buzzi; 1856)
• Pergolesi (A. Ronchetti-Monteviti; 1857)
• Vasconcello (A. Villanis; 1858)
• Una notte di festa (A. Villanis; 1859)
• L'espiazione (Achille Peri, 1861)
• Zilia (Gaspar Villate, 1877)

Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... The opera Nabucco, originally Nabucodonosor, is a 4-part opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi, named after the play Nabucodonosor by Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Giovanna dArco (Joan of Arc) is an opera with a prelude and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the play Die Jungfrau von Orleans by Friedrich von Schiller. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Attila is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the play Attila, König der Hunnen by Zacharias Werner. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Pergolesi was the surname of more than one famous person: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, (1710-1736), composer, the one usually meant. ...

External links

• OperaGlass (http://opera.stanford.edu/librettists/Solera.html)