Nicolò Minato
Count Nicolò Minato (b. Bergamo, ca. 1627; d. Vienna, 28 February 1698) was an Italian poet, librettist and impresario. His career can be divided into two parts: the years he spent at Venice, from 1650 to 1669, and the years at Vienna, from 1669 until his death.Minato is best remembered for his vast output as a librettist for opera. In total, he wrote over 200 librettos. His career began with ''Orimonte'', written in 1650 for Francesco Cavalli. At this time he worked primarily as a lawyer, and it was only over a decade later that he abandoned this, his first profession, and turned fully to the composition of librettos and theatre management (as did his contemporary, Giovanni Faustini. Minato was also a member of several literary academies, including, along with Busenello, the ''Accademia degli Imperfetti'', a group that devoted itself to studying the classics and contemporary jurisprudence. He wrote 11 librettos for Venice, most of them for Cavalli, though a few were first set by Antonio Sartorio. In 1665 he became a prominent figure in the running of the Teatro San Salvador. While there he collaborated with composer Giovanni Legrenzi in revising his opera ''Zenobia e Radamisto'' in 1667. In 1669 he left Venice to take up a post in Vienna as court poet to the Emperor Leopold I.
At Vienna he wrote over 170 librettos, averaging around 5 a year, in genres as diverse as ''opera seria'' and ''festa teatrale''. In addition to his duties as a writer of secular works, Minato was also a prolific producer of sacred texts, often described as oratorios. He largely provided these texts for performances given to mark special occasions - birthdays in the royal family, for example, or possibly Lenten celebrations or court weddings. Minato was a popular librettist and after his death his works were frequently revived by composers such as Johann Adolf Hasse, Handel, Giovanni Bononcini, and Telemann. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Vienna d'Austria, Gio. Christoforo Cosmerovio [n.d.]1 online resource (7 p.l., 129 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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Published 1698Napoli, Dom. Ant. Parrino e Michele Luigi Muzio, 1698.1 online resource (71 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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6Vienna d'Austria, Matteo Cosmerovio [n.d.]1 online resource (4 p.l., 98 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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Published 1664Venetia, Steffano Curti e Franc. Nicolini, 1664.1 online resource (5 p. l., 74, [1] p.)Center for Research Libraries
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8Vienna d'Austria, Gio. Christoforo Cosmerovio [n.d.]7 p.l., 129 p. 15 cm.
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Published 1674Vienna d'Austria, Gio. Christoforo Cosmerovio, 1674.11 p. l. (incl. front.), 83 p., 12 folded pl. -
10Vienna d'Austria, Matteo Cosmerovio [n.d.]1 online resource (78 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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11by Minato, Niccolò
Published 1667Venetia, Bortolo Tramontino, 1667.1 online resource (72 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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Published 1664Venetia, Steffano Curti e Franc. Nicolini, 1664.5 p. l., 74, [1] p. 14 cm. -
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Published 1674Vienna d'Austria, Gio. Christoforo Cosmerovio, 1674.1 online resource (11 p. l. (incl. front.), 83 p., 12 folded pl.)Center for Research Libraries
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Published 1650Venetia, Valuasense, 1650.1 online resource (100 p. (incl. front.))Center for Research Libraries
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17Vienna d'Austria, Matteo Cosmerovio [n.d.]4 p.l., 98 p. 15 cm.
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Published 1722Venezia, Marino Rossetti, 1722.1 online resource (48 p.)Center for Research Libraries
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Published 1717Reggio, Ippolito Vedrotti, 1717.1 online resource (74 p., [1] p.)Center for Research Libraries
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