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.
Jacopo da Bologna . Jacopo da Bologna Jacopo da Bologna (fl. 1340 – c. 1386) was an Italian composer of the Trecento, the period sometimes known as the "Italian ars nova". He was one of the first composers of this group, making him a contemporary of Gherardello da Firenze and Giovanni da Firenze. He concentrated mainly on madrigals, including both canonic (caccia-madrigal) and non-canonic types, but also composed a single example each of a caccia, lauda-ballata, and motet (; ). His setting of "Non al suo amante", written about 1350, is the only known contemporaneous setting of Petrarch's poetry (; ). Jacopo's ideal