Grazio Braccioli

Grazio Braccioli (1682–1752) was an Italian jurist, poet and librettist. Born in Ferrara, he wrote 9 libretti for operas produced at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice between 1711 and 1715. Among them were the libretti for Vivaldi's Orlando furioso and Orlando finto pazzo.[1]

A Doctor of civil and canon law, he lectured in both at the University of Ferrara. He was also a member of the Accademia degli Arcadi, for whom he wrote under the pseudonym "Nigello Preteo".[2]

References

1. Talbot, Michael (2011). The Vivaldi Compendium, pp. 35–36. Boydell Press.
2. Talbot, Michael (2008). The Business of Music, p. 28. Liverpool University Press