Bartolomeo Merelli
Italian impresario and librettist
Bartolomeo Merelli was an Italian impresario and librettist, best known as the manager of the La Scala Milan opera house between 1829 and 1850, and for his support for the young Giuseppe Verdi. Wikipedia
Born: May 19, 1794, Bergamo, Italy
Died: April 10, 1879 (age 84 years), Milan, Italy
Libretti: Zoraida di Granata, Enrico di Borgogna, Le nozze in villa, and more