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Pietro Metastasio

1698 - 1782

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Metastasio is the 682nd most popular writer (down from 654th in 2019), the 853rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 789th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Italian Writer.

Pietro Metastasio is most famous for being a librettist, or the writer of the text that is set to music.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pietro Metastasio ranks 682 out of 7,302. Before him are Longus, Faxian, Jaroslav Seifert, Zecharia Sitchin, Olga Tokarczuk, and Gerald Gardner. After him are Ferenc Molnár, Joseph Murphy, Daphne du Maurier, Walter Raleigh, Frano Selak, and Gregory of Narek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Pietro Metastasio ranks 2. Before him is Pierre Louis Maupertuis. After him are Giuseppe Guarneri, Colin Maclaurin, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Pierre Bouguer, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Johann Jakob Bodmer, and Erik Pontoppidan. Among people deceased in 1782, Pietro Metastasio ranks 7. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli, Farinelli, Johann Christian Bach, Hyder Ali, Anne Bonny, and Taksin. After him are Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Jacques de Vaucanson, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, and Charles Lee.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Metastasio ranks 853 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanna of Italy (1907), Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Ettore Majorana (1906), Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135), and Baldassare Peruzzi (1481). After him are Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776), Vittoria Colonna (1490), Isabella d'Este (1474), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), and Stefania Sandrelli (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Pietro Metastasio ranks 58. Before him are Eugenio Montale (1896), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Curzio Malaparte (1898), and Carlo Gozzi (1720). After him are Vittoria Colonna (1490), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), and Pietro Bembo (1470).

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