About: Mattia Verazi

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Mattia Verazi (c.1730 – 20 November 1794) was an Italian librettist primarily active at the court of Charles Theodore in Mannheim. He became known as the leader of a group of librettists who challenged the conventions of opera seria in the mid-18th century and was a long-time collaborator of composer Niccolò Jommelli. He also produced the libretti for Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, Sacchini's Calliroe, and J. C. Bach's Temistocle

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  • Mattia Verazi (c.1730 – 20 November 1794) was an Italian librettist primarily active at the court of Charles Theodore in Mannheim. He became known as the leader of a group of librettists who challenged the conventions of opera seria in the mid-18th century and was a long-time collaborator of composer Niccolò Jommelli. He also produced the libretti for Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, Sacchini's Calliroe, and J. C. Bach's Temistocle The exact date and place of Verazi's birth are unknown, but he was described in contemporary libretti as "Romano" (from Rome). His first known opera libretto was for Niccolò Jommelli's Ifigenia in Aulide which premiered in Rome in 1751. It was the beginning of a 20-year friendship and collaboration, with Verazi producing the libretti for seven of Jomelli's operas, including Ifigenia in Tauride and the innovative . Verazi served as the official court poet and personal secretary to Charles Theodore in Mannheim from 1756 to 1778 and later worked in Milan and Munich where he died in 1794. (en)
  • Mattia Verazi (Roma, 1730 ca. – Monaco di Baviera, 20 novembre 1794) è stato un librettista italiano. Frontespizio del libretto Ifigenia in Tauride di Mattia Verazi (Mannheim, 1764) (it)
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  • Verazi, Mattia (en)
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  • Mattia Verazi (Roma, 1730 ca. – Monaco di Baviera, 20 novembre 1794) è stato un librettista italiano. Frontespizio del libretto Ifigenia in Tauride di Mattia Verazi (Mannheim, 1764) (it)
  • Mattia Verazi (c.1730 – 20 November 1794) was an Italian librettist primarily active at the court of Charles Theodore in Mannheim. He became known as the leader of a group of librettists who challenged the conventions of opera seria in the mid-18th century and was a long-time collaborator of composer Niccolò Jommelli. He also produced the libretti for Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, Sacchini's Calliroe, and J. C. Bach's Temistocle (en)
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