Antonio Somma
Sign in to saveItalian opera librettist (1809–1864)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1809
- Died
- 1864
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Un baile de máscaras
- The masked ball
- Un ballo in maschera
- Un ballo in maschera
- Parisina
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Film & TV
Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Somma. Antonio Somma (born Udine, 28 August 1809 - died Venice, 8 August 1864) was an Italian playwright who is most well known for writing the libretto of an opera which ultimately became Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera in 1859. While a student, his tragedy, Parisina, gave him quite a success. Initially, his…
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
- I Can’t Sleep2020
- Howling2020
- Breaking With You2021
- Troubles2021
- Let It Bleed2022
- Body on Fire2022
- Rush2022
- Harder We Fall2022
- Howl2022
- Labyrinth2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 85
- Total plays
- 161
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Udine
- Place of death
- Venice
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Image
- Antonio Somma-librettist.jpg
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Antonio Somma, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Death is welcome to me: from “Der Maskenball”/(Verdi)
Barcarole (O sag 'when I drive): from “Ein Maskenball”/(Verdi)
Morrò, ma prima in grazia (I shall die, but grant me first): “Un ballo in machera”; (act 3)/Somma - Verdi
Aria of the Ulrike from “Maskenball”/(G. Verdi)
![Death is welcome to me: Arie aus “Maskenball”/[G. Verdi]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007209%2Ffon_snp_b_007209_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Death is welcome to me: Arie aus “Maskenball”/[G. Verdi]
Gallows aria (If the herb): from “Der Maskenball”/(Verdi)