Count Nicolò Beregan (also ''Berengani'' and ''Bergani''; 1627-1713) was an Italian nobleman, lawyer and amateur opera

librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

. His ''Giustino'' was first set to music in 1683 by composer

Giovanni Legrenzi Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and ext ...

for '' Il Giustino'', and later reused by both

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesprea ...

( Giustino, 1724) and Handel ( Giustino, 1737).

Librettos

*''Annibale in Capita'', set by

Pietro Andrea Ziani Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616 in Venice 1684 in Naples) was an Italian organist and composer.Rappresentazione sacra: geistliches Musikdrama am Wiener Kaiserhof Richard Bletschacher - 1985 PIETRO ANDREA ZIANI Wurde am 21. 12. 1616 in Venedig getauft. ...

, 1661''Rivista politica e letteraria'' Volume 8 1899 Page 161 "All' Annibale in Capita, melodramma con poesia del conte Nicolò Beregan, patrizio veneto, e musica di D. Pietro Andrea Ziani, dato nel febbraio del 1661 nel teatro dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo, vi fu una tale ressa che una simile non si era mai "

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beregan, Nicolo Italian opera librettists 1627 births 1713 deaths Italian male dramatists and playwrights