Giacomo Badoaro

Giacomo Badoaro[lower-alpha 1] (1602–1654) was a Venetian nobleman and amateur poet. He is most famous for writing the libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1640). He also provided librettos for the operas Ulisse errante by Francesco Sacrati (1644) and Elena rapita da Teseo (1653) by Jacopo Melani. He was a member of the Venetian intellectual circle, the Accademia degli Incogniti.

For other uses, see Giacomo Badoer.
Giacomo Badoaro
Born1602 Edit this on Wikidata
Venice, Republic of Venice
Died1654 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 51–52)
Venice, Republic of Venice
OccupationPoet, librettist
MovementBaroque

Notes
  1. His first name may also be spelled Iacopo or Jacopo and his last name Badoer, Badoero or Badovero.

References
  • Mark Ringer Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi (Amadeus Press, 2006) p. 137ff.
  • Paolo Fabbri Monteverdi, translated by Tim Carter (Cambridge University Press, 1994) p. 251
  • "Badoaro, Iacopo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 5: Bacca–Baratta (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1963. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
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