Metastasio
Americannoun
noun
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The young Salieri got to know Pietro Metastasio, the reigning librettist of eighteenth-century Italian opera, and Christoph Willibald Gluck, whose lucid, elegant style set the tone for the Viennese Classical period.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019
The libretto Vivaldi used, by Metastasio — the go-to librettist of the era — survives in several forms from its use by other composers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2015
Yet, as “L’Olimpiade” demonstrates, Metastasio knew what worked on stage.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2010
With an Italian master, we read the works of Tasso and Metastasio.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Arcadian Academy changed his name into Greek, and called him "Metastasio."
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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