Paolo Rosich

Paolo (Pablo) Rosich (1780 – after 1832) was a Spanish-born opera singer and librettist widely known by the Italianized version of his first name.^[1] A skilled comic actor, he performed leading basso buffo roles in many Italian opera houses as well as in Lisbon, London, Madrid and New York. Rosich created the roles of Taddeo in Gioachino Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri and Buralicchio in Rossini's L'equivoco stravagante and also wrote the librettos for two operas by Manuel García: L'amante astuto and La figlia dell' aria.^[2][3][4][5]

Roles created

• Buralicchio in Rossini's L'equivoco stravagante, Teatro del Corso, Bologna, 26 October 1811^[6]
• Taddeo in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 22 May 1813^[6]
• Oranteo in Coccia's La donna selvaggia, Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 24 June 1813^[7]
• Grood ("il Lupo d'Ostenda") in Vaccaj's Il lupo d'Ostenda, ossia L'innocenza salvata dalla colpa, Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 17 June 1818.^[8]
• Wibrac in Coccia's La festa della rosa, Theatro de São Carlos, Lisbon, 13 August 1821^[6]
• Anacleto in García's L'amante astuto, Park Theatre, New York, 17 December 1825^[9]
• Timoteo in García's La figlia dell'aria, Park Theatre, New York, 25 April 1826^[10]

References

1. Kutsch, Karl J. and Riemens, Leo (1991). "Rosich, Paolo". Großes Sängerlexikon, Erganzungsband (I). Francke (German)
2. Cranmer, David (1991). "Intercâmbio entre Portugal e Espanha no Campo da Ópera entre 1793 e 1828", Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia, Vol. 1, pp. 205–210. Retrieved 29 August 2014 (Portuguese)
3. Gossett, Philip (2008). Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera, pp. 217; 557. University of Chicago Press
4. The Harmonicon (January 1826). "New York Opera", p.16
5. Preston, Katherine K. (2001). Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825-60, pp. 102–103; 106. University of Illinois Press
6. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Paolo Rosich". Almanacco Amadeus. Retrieved 29 August 2014 (Italian).
7. Libretti d'opera. Università degli studi di Padova. Notes to libretto 4337: La donna selvaggia. Retrieved 2 September 2014 (Italian).
8. Libretti d'opera. Università degli studi di Padova. Notes to libretto 10469: Il lupo d'Ostenda, ossia L'innocenza salvata dalla colpa. Retrieved 30 August 2014 (Italian).
9. Louvet, Édouard (24 December 1825). "Opera Italien", p. 286. Le Réveil: journal français.
10. Ireland, Joseph Norton (1866). Records of the New York stage, from 1750 to 1860, pp. 476. T. H. Morrell

External links

• Rosich's libretto for L'amante astuto, published by E.M. Murden in New York, 1825
• Rosich's libretto for La figlia dell'aria, published by E.M. Murden in New York, 1826