Calzabigi

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Calzabigi is the surname of Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, an 18th-century Italian poet and librettist known for his influential collaborations with composer Christoph Willibald Gluck in reforming opera.

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instanceOf Italian poet
librettist
person
associatedWith Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera reforms
Viennese court opera
birthCountry Grand Duchy of Tuscany
birthDate 1714-12-23
birthPlace Livorno
citizenship Italy
collaboratedWith Christoph Willibald Gluck
collaborationPeriod 1760s
deathCountry Kingdom of Naples
deathDate 1795-07-05
deathPlace Naples
employer Habsburg court in Vienna
era 18th century
familyName Calzabigi
genre opera libretto
poetry
givenName Ranieri
influenced development of opera in the Classical era
knownFor collaborations with Christoph Willibald Gluck
reform of opera seria
language Italian
movement opera reform
nationality Italian
notableWork Alceste
Orfeo ed Euridice
Paride ed Elena
occupation civil servant
librettist
poet
reformFocus dramatic coherence in opera
integration of music and drama
simplification of opera seria conventions
residence Naples
Paris
Vienna
wroteLibrettoFor Alceste
Orfeo ed Euridice
Paride ed Elena

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Ranieri de' Calzabigi familyName Calzabigi
subject linked to: Calzabigi