Claudio Guastalla

Claudio Guastalla was an Italian opera librettist.

Guastalla was born in Rome on 7 November 1880 and died probably in the same city in 1948.

Especially important was his collaboration with the composer Ottorino Respighi.

Guastalla wrote fifteen libretti. Among them:

Guastalla was also the author of the subject of Respighi's ballet Belkis, regina di Saba (1932) and collaborated with Respighi for a revision (1934) of the libretto of L'Orfeo of Claudio Monteverdi.

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