Jacopo Ferretti, born July 16, 1784 in Rome, died March 17, 1852 there, was an Italian writer. He was the father of Luigi Ferretti. Ferretti was active in Rome and wrote a large number of opera librettos for, among others, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giovanni Pacini and Luigi Ricci. Among other things, he wrote the texts for Rossini’s Cinderella (1817).
Jacobo Ferretti Italian librettist 1784-1852
Jacobo Ferretti (16 July 1784 – 7 March 1852) was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist. His name is sometimes written as Giacomo Ferretti.
He is most famous for having supplied the libretti for two operas composed by Rossini and for five operas composed by Donizetti.
Librettos by Ferretti
Altogether, Ferretti wrote about 70 librettos, the majority of which were for operas presented in Rome.
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Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Zoraida di Granata (contributed, 1822)
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- L’ajo nell’imbarazzo, o Don Gregorio (1824)
- Zoraida di Granata (1824)
- Olivo e Pasquale (1827)
- Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo (1832)
- Torquato Tasso (1833)
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Composed by Saverio Mercadante
- Scipione in Cartagine (1820)
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- Gli amici di Siracusa (1824)
- Composed by Giovanni Pacini
- Cesare in Egitto (1821)
- Composed by Luigi Ricci
- L’orfanella di Ginevra (1829)
- Composed by Lauro Rossi
- La figlia di Figaro (1846)
- Composed by Gioachino Rossini
- La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (1817)
- Matilde di Shabran, o sia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro (1821)
- Composed by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
- Baldovino (1811)
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