Francesco Sbarra
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Francesco Sbarra was an Italian poet and librettist. Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinan
Sbarra's libretto for Le Lachrime di San Pietro (performed in Vienna, 1666)
Antonio Cesti
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Antonio Cesti, known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".
Francesco Sbarra
…and the Accademia degli Accesi of Lucca. He corresponded with Michelangelo Torcigliani. His most famous libretto, Il pomo d'oro, was set to music by Antonio Cesti and performed at the imperial court in Vienna in 1668. Alessandro vincitor di se stesso (opera in a prologue and 3 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Venice…
Cesti's house in Innsbruck
Scenography for Il pomo d'oro
New Court Theater Innsbruck