c. 1730–94, Italian Mattia Verazi was the author of around 20 libretti, most of them written for performance in Italy. Among the first was Ifigenia in Aulide (1751), which was set to music by Jommelli. Some 10 years later, Verazi was at the court in Mannheim, which later moved to Munich. Verazi went too. The most important ...
in Russia had a bad effect on his health and he departed in 1775. He died four years later in Venice. Introduction | Classical Era | Opera Personalities | Mattia Verazi | Classical Era | Opera The Voice | The Da Capo Aria | Late Baroque | Opera ...
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