Author

Giovanni Cosimo Villifranchi

1646 – 1699

The Italian librettist Villifranchi was also Ferdinando I de' Medici’s doctor at the court of Florence. He wrote a series of libretti for Ferdinando, which were performed in Pratolino. Little is known about Villifranchi’s life, but he was the first to use the phrase “dramma giocoso”, in relation to his work.

Pietro Dandini, Portrait of Giovanni Cosimo Villifranchi

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Identifiers

VIAF
61344201
IDREF
278304591
ISNI
0000000047108108