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Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)

Also known as: Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi, Metastasio, Pedro Matastasio, Pedro Metastase, Pedro Metastasio, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi

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Known works

Alessandro nell' Indie
Ipermestra
La pace fra la virtù, e la bellezza
Opere drammatiche, e Componimenti poetici
Three melodramas