Person
Pietro Metastasio
1698 – 1782 · aged 84
Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)
- Born
- 3 Jan 1698 · Rome
- Died
- 12 Apr 1782 · Vienna
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- 3 Jan 1698BornBorn in Rome
- 12 Apr 1782DiedDied in Vienna
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
Biography
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro metaˈstaːzjo]), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.
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