Giambattista Varesco
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 4
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- November 1, 1735
- Died
- August 25, 1805
- Place of birth
- Trento, Italy
- Also known as
- Abbate VarescoGiovanni Battista
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.
