List of librettists in alphabetical order - M
Biographical profiles of librettists featured in ItalianOpera
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The biography of Scipione Maffei
Scipione Maffei was one of the most important Italian scholars of the 18th century. A historian, playwright, and student of antiquity, he also contributed to the history of musical theatre with librettos and theoretical reflections on Italian theatre.
The biography of Pietro Metastasio
Pietro Metastasio was the most famous librettist of the European eighteenth century and the primary architect of the Metastasian "dramma per musica" model. His texts, set to music by dozens of composers, dominated opera houses for over half a century.