Francesco Sbarra (18 February 1611 – 20 March 1668) was an Italian poet and librettist. Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinand Charles in

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and

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in Vienna.Franchi, Saverio (1997)
''Drammaturgia romana''
Vol. 2, pp. 375–378; 404; 456; 912. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura Sbarra was member of the Accademia degli Oscuri and the Accademia degli Accesi of Lucca. He corresponded with Michelangelo Torcigliani. His most famous libretto, ''

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'', was set to music by

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and performed at the imperial court in Vienna in 1668.

Librettos

*''Alessandro vincitor di se stesso'' (opera in a prologue and 3 acts), set by

, Venice 1651 *''Venere cacciatrice'', set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck 1659 *''La magnanimità d'Alessandro'', set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck, 1662 * ''Nettuno e Flora festeggianti'' (

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), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1666 *''Le Lachrime di San Pietro'' (

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), set by

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. Vienna. 1666 *''Le disgrazie d'Amore'', set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667 *''La Germania esultante '', set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667 *''

'' (opera in a prologue and 5 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1668

References

External links

*
Complete librettos and other works by Sbarra
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sbarra, Francesco 1611 births 1668 deaths Italian opera librettists 17th-century Italian poets 17th-century Italian male writers Writers from Lucca People from the Republic of Lucca