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Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter (died 1782)

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Pietro Metastasio

Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)

Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio, was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.
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January 3

Day of the year

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year.
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