Guido Menasci | |
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Background information | |
Born | Livorno | 24 March 1867
Origin | Italy |
Died | 27 December 1925 Livorno | (aged 58)
Genres | Opera |
Occupation | Librettist |
Guido Menasci (24 March 1867 – 27 December 1925) was an Italian opera librettist.
His best-known work is Cavalleria rusticana written with Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti. He also provided the libretti for Mascagni's I Rantzau, Zanetto, for Umberto Giordano's Regina Diaz and Viktor Parma's Stara pesem (Old Song).
Menasci was born and died in Livorno.