Giambattista Varesco

Birthday:

11/01/1735

Place of birth:

Trento, Italy:

Biography:

Father Varesco (1735–1805) was a chaplain, musician, poet and (most famously) librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Varesco's only familiar work with Mozart is the libretto to Idomeneo; the abortive L'oca del Cairo is little-known.