Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti was an Italian librettist, best known for his friendship and collaboration with the composer Pietro Mascagni. Most of his libretti were written in collaboration with Guido Menasci.
He wrote the libretto for Cavalleria Rusticana, I Rantzau, Regina Diaz, Silvano, Zanetto, Amica, La Sposa di Nino, Pinotta and Nerone.