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Calzabigi Ranieri de'
(1714—1795)

Ranieri de' Calzabigi was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his «reform» operas. Born in Livorno, Calzabigi spent the 1750s in Paris, where he became a close friend of Casanova. Here he explored his interest in opera, producing an edition of the works of Metastasio, the... More...

Luxemburg, 1977, «Orpheus and Eurydice»

San-Marino, 1999, Gluck, «Orfeo ed Euridice»

Sweden, 1973, «Orfeo ed Euridice»