Pietro Metastasio
Italian poet
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio, was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. Wikipedia
Born: January 3, 1698, Rome, Italy
Died: April 12, 1782 (age 84 years), Vienna, Austria
Libretti: Didone abbandonata, Artaserse, La clemenza di Tito, and more
Librettist: Giambattista Varesco
Plays: La clemenza di Tito
Parents: Francesca Galasti and Felice Trapassi