Talk:Pietro Metastasio

Metastasio's apartment in Vienna
Metastasio did not move in with his friend Nicolo Martines, who in 1730 did not live in the 'Michaelerhaus' yet. It was the other way around: Martines - who compared to the famous poet was a nobody - moved into Metastasio's apartment a few years after the poet had come to Vienna.--Suessmayr (talk) 17:20, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

List of works
Would it be listcruft to add a list of his libretti, and mention which famous composers set them? - Geoffg (talk) 08:55, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

another site
Metastasio is also available at LiberLiber.it as part of Project Manuzio. 108.18.136.147 (talk) 21:20, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Pietro Metastasio
Apparently, that's how his name appears in most publications from the 18th and 19th centuries. This libretto from 1752 shows it clearly. There are many more on IMSLP. The Grove Dictionary's entry is also at "Metastasio, Pietro". Based on this, I'm moving the title back to Pietro Metastasio. —capmo (talk) 03:33, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

first-hand research?
Evaluations in this article are not cited to experts on Metastasio. If they're not first-hand opinions, show who said them. 100.15.120.122 (talk) 21:04, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

The Arcadian Academy
Nothing is said about Metastasio's own membership in the Arcadian Academy, of which his patron Gravina was a founder. Metastasio was considered a somewhat controversial personality in the Arcadian Academy, because of his open admiration for Tasso and Marino, the latter especially. Arcadia had been founded with a view to moving Italian poetry away from the elaborate 17th century style for which Marino furnished the principle example and inspiration, Marino's style being a development from Tasso's. Metastasio was broad minded enough to see the virtue in the poetry of Arcadia's enemies, so to speak. I couldn't myself see a way to insert this into the article without disrupting the flow. Perhaps someone else can do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fixlein (talk • contribs) 18:47, 9 June 2019 (UTC)