Marianna Bulgarelli (b Rome, ?1684; d Rome, 26 Feb 1734, also known as Maria Anna Benti) was an Italian soprano of the 18th century. She is best remembered as an early patron of and sympathiser with the youthful Metastasio, whose work she encouraged and helped to develop, but she was also a popular and successful singer of opera seria, renowned for her acting ability in particular. This article is about the singing voice part. ... Pietro Trapassi (January 13, 1698 - April 12, 1782), Italian poet, is better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio. ... A caricature of a performance of Handels Flavio, featuring three of the most well-known opera seria singers of their day: Senesino on the left, diva Francesca Cuzzoni in the centre, and art-loving castrato Gaetano Berenstadt on the right. ...
Nell’agosto 1729, per interessamento di Marianna Pignatelli, contessa d’Althann, cui Metastasio fu legato da tenera amicizia, venne chiamato come poeta cesareo alla corte di Vienna, in sostituzione di Apostolo Zeno.
Ligio al governo paternalistico di Carlo VI, in cui vedeva incarnate le proprie aspirazioni all’ordine e a una moderata libertà, visse un periodo di intenso fervore creativo.
Unico conforto, l’affetto filiale della sua terza Marianna, la Martinez, figlia del cerimoniere della nunziatura pontificia, presso il quale Metastasio alloggiò durante tutto il periodo della sua residenza viennese.
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