Or it could be Leopoldo di Villati, who did the libretti for some of Fritz's and Graun's other operas. All I can find on him is that he died in Berlin in 1752, which is just right for Voltaire to have an anecdote or two about him.
Voltaire, you and Lehndorff need to give us *names* if you're going to give us gossip!
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Italian poets
Date: 2019-12-21 09:12 pm (UTC)Voltaire, you and Lehndorff need to give us *names* if you're going to give us gossip!