Antonio Somma
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In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 17 inbound references to Antonio Somma, and connects out to William Shakespeare, Venice and Boston.
It is catalogued under topics including 1809 births, 1864 deaths and 19th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Open Library + Wikidata
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…
via TMDB
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)