Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (17 March 1863 – 30 May 1934) was an Italian librettist.

Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (left) with Pietro Mascagni and Guido Menasci
Born	Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (1863-03-17)17 March 1863
Died	30 May 1934(1934-05-30) (aged 71)

Biography

He was best known for his friendship and collaboration with the composer Pietro Mascagni. Most of his libretti were written in collaboration with Guido Menasci.

Targioni-Tozzetti was born and died in Livorno.

Operas

• Cavalleria rusticana (1890)
• I Rantzau (1892)
• Regina Diaz (1894)
• Silvano (1895)
• Zanetto (1896)
• Amica (1905)
• La sposa di Nino (1913)
• Pinotta (1932)
• Nerone (1935)

External links

• Works by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti at Internet Archive

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