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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