Jacopo Ferretti in Rome in October 1821 for the preparation of the production of his "Zoraida di Granata", which became his first major success. Ferretti worked on revising Bartolomeo Merelli's libretto for the opera. Altogether, Ferretti wrote about 70 librettos, the majority of which were for operas presented in Rome. Notes Other sources Jacopo Ferretti Jacopo Ferretti (16 July 1784 – 7 March 1852) was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist. His name is sometimes written as Giacomo Ferretti. He is most famous for having supplied the libretti for two operas composed by Rossini and for five operas composed by Donizetti.
The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) is an epistolary novel written by Ugo Foscolo between 1798 and 1802 and first published later that year. It is considered the first such work in Italian literature. A second edition, with major changes, was published by Foscolo in Zurich (1816) and a third one in London (1817). The model was Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (1774). Another influence is Rousseau's "Julie, or the New Heloise" (1761). Foscolo's work was also inspired by the political events that occurred in Northern Italy