Pietro Metastasio

Poet, Composer

1698 – 1782

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Who was Pietro Metastasio?

Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.

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Born
Jan 3, 1698
Rome
Also known as
  • Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi
  • Metastasio
  • Pietro Trapassi
Parents
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Lived in
  • Rome
  • Vienna
Died
Apr 12, 1782
Vienna

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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