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
He also teamed up with the emerging Metastasio, becoming the first to set several of the immortal poet's early librettos, including "Artaserse."
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
Retorts popular Librettist Pietro Metastasio: Gluck is a composer of "surprising fire, but mad."
From Time Magazine Archive
Caldara wrote a large number of oratorios, mostly adapted to the poetry of Zeno and Metastasio, which are said to have been delightful productions.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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