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Traetta, Tommaso (Michele Francesco Saverio)

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Traetta, Tommaso (Michele Francesco Saverio) (b Bitonto, 1727; d Venice, 1779). It. composer. Opera Il Farnace prod. with success at Naples 1751. Wrote 43 operas in all, 2 of them for Vienna. Worked in Venice 1765–8. Succeeded Galuppi as Russ. Empress Catherine II's court composer 1768–75. Visited London without success. Returned to Venice 1777. Also wrote choral works and instr. divertimenti. His Buova d'Antona, to a lib. by Goldoni, prod. Venice 1758, was revived at La Fenice, Venice, 1993 in edn. by A. Curtis.

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