Calzabigi, Raniero de’ (1714–1795)

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Raniero de’ Calzabigi (1714 – 1795) was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his “reform” operas. Born in Livorno, Calzabigi spent the 1750s in Paris, where he became a close friend of Giacomo Casanova. Wikipedia

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