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Antonio Draghi (17 January 1634 – 16 January 1700) was a Baroque composer. He possibly was the brother of Giovanni Battista Draghi. Draghi was born at
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in
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, and was one of the most prolific composers of his time. His contribution to the development of Italian
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was particularly significant. He began his musical career as a choirboy at
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, but by 1657 he was appearing on stage, in the opera ''La fortuna di Rodope e di Damira'' which was produced in
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. His first solo effort, the opera ''La Mascherata'', appeared in 1666. In 1668, Draghi was appointed to the court of
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, at
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, and he remained there until his death.


List of operas

This is the complete list of the operas of Antonio Draghi.


References

*''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, * Schnitzler, Rudolf; Seifert, Herbert (2001), "Draghi, Antonio", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition'' London: Macmillan. . *Seifert, Herbert (1998), “Draghi, Antonio” in
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, (Ed.), ''
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'', Vol. One, pp. 1237—1240. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Draghi, Antonio 1630s births 1700 deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Austrian classical composers 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian male musicians