L'italiana in Algeri
The Italian poet and librettist Angelo Anelli, who collaborated with Rossini in revising "L'italiana in Algeri" ("The Italian Girl in Algiers") from an earlier text by Luigi Mosca, and whose libretto for "Ser Marcantonio" by Stefano Pavesi became the basis for Donizetti’s "Don Pasquale", was born in Desenzano del Garda in 1761.