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Pietro Metastasio

1698 - 1782

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Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro metaˈstaːzjo]), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Metastasio has received more than 152,229 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Pietro Metastasio is the 655th most popular writer (down from 581st in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from Italy (down from 731st in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Writer.

Pietro Metastasio is most famous for being a librettist, or the writer of the text that is set to music.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Der königliche Schäffer
1752
Le Grazie vendicate
Artaxerxes
1773
I voti pubblici
1766
Didone abbandonata
Ho ēthikos tripous
Greek drama, Modern
2001
Opere
Librettos, Operas, Operatic scenes
1794
Opere di Pietro Metastasio
Italian drama, Librettos, Operas
1782
Artaserse
Theater, History
1700
Ezio
1732
Didone abbandonata
Ballets, Librettos, Operas
1756
Opere scelte dell'Abate Pietro Metastasio
1796

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pietro Metastasio ranks 655 out of 7,302. Before him are Harper Lee, Martin Amis, Eugène Sue, Ernest Thompson Seton, Giosuè Carducci, and Ryszard Kapuściński. After him are Ursula K. Le Guin, Camilo José Cela, Washington Irving, Frontinus, Ian McEwan, and Isabelle de Charrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Pietro Metastasio ranks 2. Before him is Pierre Louis Maupertuis. After him are Giuseppe Guarneri, Colin Maclaurin, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Pierre Bouguer, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Jean Calas, and Erik Pontoppidan. Among people deceased in 1782, Pietro Metastasio ranks 7. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli, Farinelli, Johann Christian Bach, Anne Bonny, Taksin, and Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. After him are Jacques de Vaucanson, Sophie of France, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Anna Göldi, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Metastasio ranks 789 out of 5,161. Before him are Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), Milo of Croton (-557), Pope Benedict IV (860), Maria Goretti (1890), Giosuè Carducci (1835), and Faustina the Younger (125). After him are Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), and Alessandro Algardi (1595).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Pietro Metastasio ranks 55. Before him are Dino Buzzati (1906), Cassiodorus (487), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Poliziano (1454), Curzio Malaparte (1898), and Giosuè Carducci (1835). After him are Giambattista Basile (1566), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Andrea Camilleri (1925), Veronica Franco (1546), and Emilio Salgari (1862).

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