Metastasio
[me-tah-stah-zyaw] /ˌmɛ tɑˈstɑ zyɔ/
noun
1.
(Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi) 1698–1782, Italian poet and dramatist.
/Italian metasˈtaːzjo/
noun
1.
Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro), original name Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi. 1698–1782, Italian poet and librettist; Viennese court poet (from 1730). His works include La clemenza di Tito (1732)
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