Pietro Metastasio

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.

Pietro Metastasio
Metastasio, c. 1770 by Meytens or Batoni
BornPietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi
3 January 1698
Rome, Papal States
Died12 April 1782 (aged 84)
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
Pen namePietro Metastasio
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
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