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Name
  
Pietro Pariati

Role
  
Poet

Died
  
October 14, 1733, Vienna, Austria

Libretti
  
Giustino, Pimpinone, Il piu bel nome, Costanza e Fortezza

Similar People
  
Johann Joseph Fux, Antonio Caldara, Tomaso Albinoni, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frideric Handel

J. A. Hasse: L'Astarto (1726) / Sinfonia for strings & b.c. - I. Allegro / Ensemble Cordia


Pietro Pariati (Reggio Emilia, 27 March 1665- Vienna, 14 October 1733) was an Italian poet and librettist. He was initially secretary to Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737), Duke of Modena. Then from 1699 to 1714 made his living as a poet in Venice, initially writing librettos with Apostolo Zeno, then independently. Then finally from 1714-1729 he was Metastasio's predecessor at the Vienna court of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Librettos

Apart from many oratorio librettos, his most popular opera librettos included:

  • Flavio Anicio Olibrio (with Zeno, 1708), set by Gasparini, Porpora and Jommelli
  • Astarto (with Zeno, 1708), set by Albinoni and Caldara
  • Sesostri re di Egitto (1710), set by Gasparini and Galuppi
  • Il Giustino (after Beregan, 1711), set by Albinoni, Vivaldi and Handel
  • Costantino (1711), set by Gasparini and Lotti/Caldara
  • Teseo in Creta (1715), set by Porpora, Handel and Galuppi
  • Orfeo ed Euridice 1715, set by Johann Joseph Fux

    • References

    Pietro Pariati Wikipedia
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