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Pietro Metastasio

Italian poet and influential opera seria librettist

Did you know?His libretti were set to music over a thousand times by various composers, including Mozart, Handel and Vivaldi.

Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (Italian pronunciation:), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.

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Age at death: 84
Years since death: 244

Born: January 3, 1698 · Rome, Italy
Died: April 2, 1782
Known for: Literature, Religion, Music

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