Raimondo Mei (1743-after 1810) was an Italian composer who was

maestro di cappella (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

. He composed several operas including an ''Ipermestra'' and an ''Ifigenia in Aulide'' to the librettos of

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early life Me ...

.''Bollettino della società pavese di storia patria 1903'' - Volume 3 - Page 94 - Ifigenia in Aulide, dramma per musica da rappresentarsi nel Nuovo Teatro delli quattro Signori associati Cavalieri e Patrizi della Regia Città di Pavia nel Carnevale dell'anno 1786 ecc. In Pavia, per Pietro Galeazzi. Parole di Pietro Metastasio. Musica di Raimondo Mei maestro del Duomo di Pavia ed anco maestro al Cembalo. - CANTANTI: Cassiano Marini (Agamennone) Catterina Bossi (Clittennestra) Elena Cantoni (Ifigenia) - Michelangelo Neri virtuoso di camera di S. A. R. l'infante ...

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