Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Metastasio
Born: January 3, 1698
Died: April 12, 1782 (aged 84)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- Three Melodramas by Pietro Metastasio
- Semiramide riconosciuta (1762)
- Puffinpack. Middle Primary Level