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Ranieri de' Calzabigi

1714 - 1795

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Ranieri de' Calzabigi (Italian pronunciation: [raˈnjɛːri de kaltsaˈbiːdʒi]; 23 December 1714 – July 1795) was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas. Born in Livorno, Calzabigi spent the 1750s in Paris, where he became a close friend of Giacomo Casanova. Here he explored his interest in opera, producing an edition of the works of Pietro Metastasio, the most famous librettist of opera seria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranieri de' Calzabigi has received more than 38,649 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ranieri de' Calzabigi is the 3,616th most popular writer, the 3,036th most popular biography from Italy and the 210th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ranks 3,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Musine Kokalari, Vizma Belševica, Theodore Bibliander, Sturla Þórðarson, Günter Eich, and Marcin Kromer. After him are Jan Brzechwa, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, John Mauropous, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Charles Fort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ranks 24. Before him are César-François Cassini de Thury, Emer de Vattel, Richard Wilson, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Anna Morandi Manzolini, and Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans. After him are Suleiman II of Persia, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Gottfried August Homilius, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, and Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov. Among people deceased in 1795, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ranks 28. Before him are Michel Corrette, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Grigory Shelikhov, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, and Henry Clinton. After him are Maruyama Ōkyo, Eugenio Espejo, Ivan Betskoy, Johan Henric Kellgren, William Bradford, and John Sullivan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ranks 3,036 out of 5,161. Before him are Gino Fano (1871), Anna Galiena (1954), Luciano De Crescenzo (1928), Alessandro Safina (1963), Galeria Fundana (null), and Benedetto Antelami (1150). After him are Carlo Maria Abate (1932), Gianluigi Saccaro (1938), Giacomo F. Maraldi (1665), Milena Canonero (1946), Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877), and Gino Pivatelli (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ranks 210. Before him are Carlo Rosselli (1899), Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914), Giuseppe Parini (1729), Arator (500), Teofilo Folengo (1491), and Luciano De Crescenzo (1928). After him are Vasco Pratolini (1913), Alessandro Tassoni (1565), Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526), Laura Mancinelli (1933), Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791), and Luigi Capuana (1839).

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