Francesco Buti (

Narni Narni () is an ancient hilltown and (municipality) of Umbria, in central Italy, with 19,252 inhabitants (2017). At an altitude of , it overhangs a narrow gorge of the River Nera in the province of Terni. It is very close to the geograp ...

, 1604 – Narni, 15 June 1682) was an Italian poet and

librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...

Biography

Abbot and doctor of law, he was secretary in Rome of Cardinal

Antonio Barberini Antonio Barberini (5 August 1607 – 3 August 1671) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts a ...

, nephew of

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII (; ; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal terri ...

. In 1645 he emigrated to France with the

Barberini family The House of Barberini is a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in the 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII. Their urban pa ...

, which fell from grace after the election to the papacy of Innocenzo X. Settling in Paris, he became a trusted man of Cardinal Giulio Mazzarino who made him responsible for organizing parties and supervising court performances. He brought to the French capital the musicians

Luigi Rossi Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 – 20 February 1653) was an Italian Baroque composer. Born in Torremaggiore, a small town near Foggia, in the ancient kingdom of Naples, at an early age he went to Naples where he studied music with the Franco-Flemish comp ...

, Carlo Caproli and

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading op ...

, for whom he wrote the librettos for three of the operas given in those years in Paris: ''Orfeo'' (1647), ''Le nozze di Peleo e di Theti'' (1654; music now lost), and ''

Ercole amante ''Ercole amante'' (''Hercules in Love'', French: ''Hercule amoureux'') is an opera in a prologue and five acts by Francesco Cavalli. Its Italian libretto is by Francesco Buti, based on Sophocles' '' The Trachiniae'' and on the ninth book of Ov ...

'' (1662).

Antonia Bembo Antonia Padoani Bembo (c. 1640 – c. 1720) was an Italian composer and singer. Life She was born in Venice and died in Paris. She was the only daughter of Giacomo Padoani (1603–1666), a doctor, and Diana Paresco (1609–1676); she married the ...

used the libretto of the last for her setting of ''

'' (1707). He also wrote the lyrics for some ballets by

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

(''L'amour malade'', ''Ballet de l'impatience'').

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Francesco Buti
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