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Macbeth Act I Duetto Due Vaticini Compiuti Or Sono by Andrea Maffei

Artist Biography For Andrea Maffei

Andrea Maffei 1798 – 1885 Was An Italian Poet Translator And Librettist. Maffei Was Born In Molina Di Ledro Trentino. A Follower Of Vincenzo Monti He Formed Part Of The 19th Century Italian Classicist Literary Culture.
Gaining Laurea In Jurisprudence He Moved For Some Years To Verona Then To Venice And Finally To Milan Where In 1831 He Married Contessa Clara Spinelli.
They Separated By Mutual Consent On 15 June 1846. Skilled In Foreign Languages He Translated Several Works Of English And German Literature Into Italian Particularly The Plays Of Schiller Shakespeare's Othello And The Tempest Many Works Of Goethe Including Faust And John Milton's Paradise Lost.
In His Translations He Sought To Adapt The Author's Original Thought To That Of The Italian Literary Public.
Not Only A Translator He Was Also A Poet And Romanticist.
For Giuseppe Verdi He Wrote The Famous Libretto For I Masnadieri Drawn From Schiller And Re-Wrote Some Verses From Francesco Maria Piave's Libretto For Macbeth.
He Was Also A Librettist For Pietro Mascagni Writing The Texts For His Il Re A Napoli In Cremona 1885 And Guglielmo Ratcliff 1895 From Heinrich Heine's 1822 Play William Ratcliff . As Well As Verdi Maffei Also Built Up Close Relationships With Others In The Italian Cultural Scene Of The Time Including Vincenzo Monti Antonio Rosmini Gino Capponi Mario Rapisardi Carlo Tenca The Painter Francesco Hayez And The Sculptors Vincenzo Vela And Giovanni Duprè.
Key Cultural Figures From The Rest Of Europe Also Passed Through The Lounge Of His House In Milan Including Liszt And Stendhal.
In 1879 Andrea Maffei Was Made A Senator Of The Kingdom Of Italy And Participated In Italian Political Life.
In The Mid-19th Century He Frequently Lived At Riva Del Garda Where He Organised His Rich Art Collection And Where In 1935 The Town's Liceo Classico Was Named After Him. He Died In Milan In 1885. Works Translations
Gessner Idilli Di Gessner 1821 Thomas Moore Gli Amori Degli Angeli The Loves Of Angels 1836 Canti Orientali Oriental Poems 1836 Gli Amori Degli Angioli The Loves Of Angels 1839 Byron Caino 1852 Cielo E Terra 1853 Parisina 1853 Misteri E Novelle Mysteries And Novels 1868 Goethe Arminio E Dorotea 1864 Fausto 1866 Schiller La Sposa Di Messina 1827 Maria Stuarda Maria Stuart 1829 La Vergine D'Orleans The Maid Of Orléans 1830 Guglielmo Tell William Tell 1835 Maria Stuarda Maria Stuart 1835 Guglielmo Tell William Tell 1844 Cabala Ed Amore 1852 La Congiura Del Fiesco 1853 Turandot 1863 1 Other Le Satire E Le Epistole After 1853 Il Paradiso Perduto Paradise Lost By Milton 1857 Struensee 1863 Guglielmo Ratcliff By Heinrich Heine 1875 L'ode A Pirra By Horace C. 1880 Poeti Tedeschi German Poets 1901 Original Works La Preghiera 1829 Studi Poetici 1831 Dal Benaco 1854 Poesie Varie 1859 Arte Affetti Fantasie 1864 E' Morto Il Re! 1878 Liriche 1878 Affetti 1885 Ghirlanda Per Una Sposa 1886 Libretti I Masnadieri Her Majesty's Theatre London 22 July 1847 Music By Giuseppe Verdi David Riccio 2 Act Drama With Prologue 1849 Music By Vinc. Capecelatro 1850 Additions To Macbeth 4 Part Melodrama Music By Giuseppe Verdi 1850

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