1886 by the Florentine Emilio Gallori (1846/1924)
Originally in Piazza S. Silvestro and moved here in 1910 not far from the Metastasio's birthplace in via dei Cappellari 30, and opposite the Oratory of the Philippines, the place of invention of the musical form known as oratorio, or opera with a sacred story with no action on stage
Pietro Metastasio (1698/1782) was a poet, librettist, playwright and priest. He is considered to be the reformer of opera. He wrote many librettos for oratori including The Passion of Jesus Christ which was so successful as to be set to music by no less than 35 composers between 1730 and 1790
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