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Metastasio

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Metastasio (Italian) [metasˈtaːzjo]
n
(Biographies / Metastasio, Pietro (1698-1782) M, Italian, WRITING: poet, MUSIC: librettist) Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro), original name Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi. 1698-1782, Italian poet and librettist; Viennese court poet (from 1730). His works include La clemenza di Tito (1732)


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