Giacomo Badoaro

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Giacomo Badoaro[a] (1602–1654) was a Venetian nobleman and amateur poet. He is most famous for writing the libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1640). He also provided librettos for the operas Ulisse errante by Francesco Sacrati (1644) and Elena rapita da Teseo (1653) by Jacopo Melani. He was a member of the Venetian intellectual circle, the Accademia degli Incogniti.

Born1602 (1602)
Died1654 (aged 5152)
Literary movementBaroque
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Giacomo Badoaro
Born1602 (1602)
Died1654 (aged 5152)
Genrepoetry
libretti
Literary movementBaroque
Notable workslibretto for Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
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Notes

  1. His first name may also be spelled Iacopo or Jacopo and his last name Badoer, Badoero or Badovero.

References

  • Mark Ringer Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi (Amadeus Press, 2006) p. 137ff.
  • Paolo Fabbri Monteverdi, translated by Tim Carter (Cambridge University Press, 1994) p. 251
  • "Badoaro, Iacopo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 5: Bacca–Baratta. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1963. OCLC 883370.

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