About Giacomo Badoaro
Lived 1602 – 1654 (aged 51–52). Giacomo Badoaro was an Italian librettist and poet.
Giacomo Badoaro (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. 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.
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Venetian nobleman and poet
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Giacomo Badoaro was born in 1602 in Venice.
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Giacomo Badoaro died in 1654 in Venice.
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Giacomo Badoaro was a librettist and poet.
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