Born in Verona, Rossi was writing religious verse by the time that he was 13 years old. He began writing libretti in 1797, mostly farsas in the beginning. In addition to his writing, he also worked for a time as the stage manager for the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona.Black, John: "Rossi, Gaetano", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Retrieved on March 24, 2008),

After a prolific writing career, he died in the city of his birth.

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