Francesco Sbarra (19 February 1611 – 20 March 1668) was an Italian poet and librettist. Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinand Charles in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

and Emperor Leopold I in Vienna.Franchi, Saverio (1997)
''Drammaturgia romana''
Vol. 2, pp. 375–378; 404; 456; 912. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura

Librettos

*''Alessandro vincitor di se stesso'' (opera in a prologue and 3 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Venice 1651 *''Venere cacciatrice'', set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck 1659 *''La magnanimità d'Alessandro'', set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck, 1662 * ''Nettuno e Flora festeggianti'' (

azione teatrale Azione teatrale (; plural ''azioni teatrali'') is a genre of opera, popular in Italy and southern Europe. An ''azione teatrale'' was typically shorter in scale, with few actors, usually no chorus, and either presented in a single act or divided in ...

), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1666 *''Le Lachrime di San Pietro'' (

azione sacra This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most c ...

), set by

Giovanni Felice Sances Giovanni Felice Sances (also Sancies, Sanci, Sanes, Sanchez, ca. 160024 November 1679) was an Italian singer and a Baroque composer. He was renowned in Europe during his time. Sances studied at the Collegio Germanico in Rome from 1609 to 1614. ...

. Vienna. 1666 *''Le disgrazie d'Amore'', set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667 *''La Germania esultante '', set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667 *'' Il pomo d'oro'' (opera in a prologue and 5 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1668

References

External links

Complete librettos and other works by Sbarra
on archive.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Sbarra, Francesco 1611 births 1668 deaths Italian opera librettists 17th-century Italian poets 17th-century Italian male writers Writers from Lucca