Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino (21 March 1672 – 16 April 1742) was an

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and

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. He was the son of the

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Carlo Pallavicino (1630?-1688). (Their surname Pallavicino is sometimes spelt Pallavicini.)

Biography

Pallavicino was born in

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. He worked at the courts of

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and

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as a

, secretary and

, and produced almost twenty opera librettos during his lengthy career. His opera librettos were set by the composers

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and the

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master of

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, Johann Adolf Hasse among others. His first libretto was, ''Antiope'' (1689). He also wrote the text for the comic opera '' Calandro'' by

, which was first staged in 1726 at the castle of Pilnitz near Dresden, and then in

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in 1731 when it was the first opera ever performed in

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. He later composed the libretto for the five-act

''Alfonso'' (1738) by Johann Adolf Hasse. He was also known for his translations of

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's Odes,

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and Satires. He died in

, aged 70.

Sources

*Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), ''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', 782 pages,

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Biography

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