{{Short description|Italian opera librettist}} '''Calisto Bassi''' (beginning of the 19th century, in Cremona – c. 1860, in Abbiategrasso) 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.
==Original librettos== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title!!Genre!!Subdivisions!!Music!!Première!!Place, theatre |- |{{Hs|nozze}}''Le nozze di Telemaco e Antiope'' || azione lirica || 3 acts || {{Hs|mercadante}}Saverio Mercadante ||{{Hs|1824-11-05}}5 November 1824|| Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor |- |{{Hs|podestà}}''Il podestà di Burgos ossia Il signore del villaggio'' || melodramma giocoso || 2 acts || {{Hs|mercadante}}Saverio Mercadante ||{{Hs|1824-11-20}}20 November 1824|| Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor |- |{{Hs|crociati}}''I Crociati a Tolemaide ovvero Malek-Adel'' || melodramma serio || 2 acts|| {{Hs|pacini}}Giovanni Pacini ||{{Hs|1828-11-13}}13 November 1828|| Trieste, Teatro Grande |- |{{Hs|solitario}}''Il solitario'' || opera seria || 2 acts || {{Hs|persiani}}Giuseppe Persiani ||{{Hs|1829-04-26}}26 April 1829|| Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |{{Hs|vendetta}}''La vendetta'' || melodramma tragico || 2 acts || {{Hs|pugni}}Cesare Pugni ||{{Hs|1832-02-11}}11 February 1832|| Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |''Ricciarda di Edimburgo'' || dramma serio || 2 acts || {{Hs|pugni}}Cesare Pugni ||{{Hs|1832-09-29}}29 September 1832|| Trieste, Teatro Grande |- |''Iacopo di Valenza'' || melodramma || 2 acts || {{Hs|manna}}Ruggero Manna ||{{Hs|1832-10-00}}Autumn 1832|| Trieste, Teatro Grande |- |{{Hs|carrozzino}}''Il carrozzino da vendere'' || melodramma comico || 1 act || {{Hs|frondoni}}Angelo Frondoni ||{{Hs|1833-06-29}}29 June 1833|| Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |''Amelia, ossia Otto anni di costanza'' || melodramma comico || 3 acts || {{Hs|rossi}}Lauro Rossi ||{{Hs|1834-12-31}}31 December 1834|| Napoli, Teatro San Carlo |- |{{Hs|tre}}''I tre mariti'' || farsa || 1 act || {{Hs|bazzoni}}{{ill|Giovanni Luigi Bazzoni|it}} ||{{Hs|1836-06-24}}24 June 1836 || Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |- |{{Hs|bella}}''La bella Celeste degli Spadari'' || melodramma comico || 2 acts || {{Hs|coppola}}Pietro Antonio Coppola ||{{Hs|1837-06-14}}14 June 1837 || Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |- |{{Hs|ammalata}}''L'ammalata e il consulto'' || melodramma comico || 1 act || {{Hs|manusardi}}Giuseppe Manusardi ||{{Hs|1837-06-24}}24 June 1837 || Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |- |''Salvator Rosa'' || farsa || 3 acts || {{Hs|bazzoni}}Giovanni Luigi Bazzoni ||{{Hs|1837-06-27}}27 June 1837 || Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana |- |{{Hs|ciarlatani}}''I ciarlatani'' || melodramma buffo || 2 acts || {{Hs|panizza}}Giacomo Panizza ||{{Hs|1839-10-29}}29 October 1839 || Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |{{Hs|solitario}}''Il solitario'' || opera seria || 2 acts || {{Hs|peri}}Achille Peri ||{{Hs|1841-05-29}}29 May 1841 || Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale |- |{{Hs|buontempone}}''Il Buontempone di Porta Ticinese in Milano, ossia Sabato Domenica e Lunedì'' || melodramma buffo || 3 acts || {{Hs|mandanici}}Placido Mandanici ||{{Hs|1841-06-16}}16 June 1841 || Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |{{Hs|birichino}}''Il birichino di Parigi'' || melodramma || 1 act || {{Hs|manusardi}}Giuseppe Manusardi ||{{Hs|1841-06-25}}25 June 1841 || Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |''Rosalia di San Miniato'' || melodramma semiserio || 1 act || {{Hs|cagnoni}}Antonio Cagnoni ||{{Hs|1845-02-28}}28 February 1845 || Milan, Conservatory |- |''Azema di Granata, ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini'' || melodramma tragico || 2 acts || {{Hs|rossi}}Lauro Rossi ||{{Hs|1846-03-21}}21 March 1846|| Milan, Teatro alla Scala |- |''Don Bucefalo'' || melodramma giocoso || 3 acts || {{Hs|cagnoni}}Antonio Cagnoni ||{{Hs|1847-06-28}}28 June 1847|| Milan, Conservatory |- |{{Hs|testamento}}''Il testamento di Figaro'' || melodramma comico || 3 acts || {{Hs|cagnoni}}Antonio Cagnoni ||{{Hs|1848-02-26}}26 February 1848 || Milan, Teatro Re |- |''Mezz'ora all'Inferno'' || cantata fantastica || || {{Hs|pirola}}Luigi Pirola ||{{Hs|1850-00-00}}1850 || Milan, Teatro Carcano |- |''Due mogli in una'' || melodramma giocoso || 2 acts || {{Hs|dominiceti}}{{ill|Cesare Dominiceti|it}} ||{{Hs|1853-06-30}}30 June 1853 || Milan, Teatro Filodrammatici |- |''Ida di Danimarca''<br>(Revision of ''La fidanzata di Lammermoor'', after Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'') || opera || 3 acts || {{Hs|rieschi}}Luigi Rieschi ||{{Hs|1854-07-29}}29 July 1854 || Milan, Teatro Carcano |- |''Elodia di San Mauro'' || melodramma || 3 acts || {{Hs|meiners}}Giovanni Battista Meiners ||{{Hs|1855-04-00}}Spring 1855 || Milan, Teatro Carcano |}
==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'' (from ''Le siège de Corinthe''), music by Gioachino Rossini (Parma, Teatro Ducale, 31 January 1828) * ''Guglielmo Tell'' (from ''Guillaume Tell''), music by Gioachino Rossini (Lucca, Teatro del Giglio, 17 September 1831) * ''La muta di Portici'' (from ''La muette de Portici''), music by Daniel Auber (Rome, Teatro Valle, Spring 1835) * ''Roberto il Diavolo'' (from ''Robert le diable''), music by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Lisbon, 2 September 1838) * ''Il Postiglione di Longjumeau'' (from ''Le postillon de Lonjumeau'' for Adolphe Adam) ** music by Pietro Antonio Coppola (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 6 November 1838) ** music by A. A. Speranza (Turin, Teatro Sutera, Spring 1845) * ''La figlia del reggimento'' (from ''La fille du régiment''), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 30 October 1840) * ''La Favorita'' (from ''La favorite''), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 6 August 1843) * ''I Martiri'' (from ''Les martyrs'', adaptation of Poliuto), music by Gaetano Donizetti (Lisbon, 15 February 1843) * ''Roberto Bruce'' (from ''Robert Bruce''), music by Gioachino Rossini (1847) * ''L'anima in pena'' (from ''L'âme en peine''), music by Friedrich von Flotow (1847) * ''Mosè'' (from ''Moïse et Pharaon''), music by Gioachino Rossini (Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 1849) * ''Gerusalemme'' (from ''Jérusalem''), music by Giuseppe Verdi (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1850) * ''I Guelfi ed i Ghibellini'' (from ''Les Huguenots'') (Trieste, Teatro Grande, Carnival 1851) * ''Il Profeta'' (from ''Le prophète''), music by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 26 December 1852) * ''Alessandro Stradella'', music by Friedrich von Flotow (Genua, Teatro Carlo Felice, Autumn 1863)
==Sources== * {{cite encyclopedia|title=Bassi, Calisto|volume=7|year=1970|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/calisto-bassi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|access-date=10 February 2015|encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|publisher=Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana|language=Italian}} * {{Almanacco|match=Callisto Bassi|label=Performances by Calisto Bassi}}
==External links== *{{IMSLP|author=Bassi, Calisto|descr=Works}}
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