Antonio Ghislanzoni (
25 November 1824 –
July 16 1893) was an
Italian journalist,
poet, and
novelist who wrote many
librettos for
Verdi, among other composers, of which the best known are
La forza del destino and
Aida.Ghislanzoni was born in
Lecco,
Lombardy, and studied briefly in a seminary, but was expelled for bad conduct in 1841. He then decided to study medicine in
Pavia, but abandoned this after a short time to pursue a singing career as a
baritone and to cultivate his literary interests.In 1848, stimulated by the nationalist ideas of
Mazzini, Ghislanzoni founded several republican newspapers in
Milan but eventually had to take refuge in
Switzerland. While travelling to Rome, where he wanted to help defend the nascent republic, Ghislanzoni was arrested by the French and briefly detained in
Corsica.
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