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[[Johann Adolph Hasse]] (Italianized Giovanni Adolfo; baptized March 25, 1699, in Bergedorf; † December 16, 1783, in Venice) was an influential German composer of the late Baroque period. His fame during his lifetime was based mainly on his operas in the Italian style. | [[Johann Adolph Hasse]] (Italianized Giovanni Adolfo; baptized March 25, 1699, in Bergedorf; † December 16, 1783, in Venice) was an influential German composer of the late Baroque period. His fame during his lifetime was based mainly on his operas in the Italian style. | ||
Hasse started out as a singer, becoming a tenor at the ''Theater am Gänsemarkt'' in Hamburg. At the same time, he had first successes as a composer, and after he went from Hamburg to Braunschweig in 1721, his first opera ''Antiocco'' had its premiere there. Wanting to expand and experience more than the north of Germany had to offer at the time, he went to Italy, where he was a student with [[Nicola | Hasse started out as a singer, becoming a tenor at the ''Theater am Gänsemarkt'' in Hamburg. At the same time, he had first successes as a composer, and after he went from Hamburg to Braunschweig in 1721, his first opera ''Antiocco'' had its premiere there. Wanting to expand and experience more than the north of Germany had to offer at the time, he went to Italy, where he was a student with [[Nicola Porpora]] and [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]. | ||
Many of Hasse's operas (like ''[[Artaserse]]'') use libretti by [[Pietro Metastasio]], who particularly liked Hasse's way to treat his text.<ref name="Wiki"/> | Many of Hasse's operas (like ''[[Artaserse]]'') use libretti by [[Pietro Metastasio]], who particularly liked Hasse's way to treat his text.<ref name="Wiki"/> |