Luigi Carlini

Luigi Carlini was an Italian composer specializing in opera, with a career centered in Milan in the 19th century. Life and career Luigi Carlini was born in Naples, Campania, Italy in the late 18th century. Luigi Carlini’s Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia, a cultural depiction of Mary, Queen of Scots, was his debut opera. The production was adapted from a 1802 drama by Camillo Federici, titled The Triumph of the Carbonari (). In September 1817, Carlini presented a two-act drama featuring Luigi Lablache, Giovanni David, and Luigi Sirletti. The composer premiered the opera The Youth of Henry V () in 1819 at the Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo in Naples, featuring a libretto by Italian poet Felice Romani. He returned with a production of Solimano II, or The Three Sultanas () at Teatro San Carlo in 1820, collaborating with Andrea Leone Tottola and Charles-Simon Favart. Carlini premiered Adelaide di Baviera at Teatro San Carlo in 1821 with libretto provided by Andrea Leone Tottola. In collaboration with Austrian composer Robert Gallenberg, he contributed to the musical composition of Niobe by Italian choreographer Gaetano Gioja, later staged at Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo in January 1822. That