Alessandro Pepoli
Alessandro Pepoli, was a Venetian librettist and writer of tragedies.
Born in Venice, Pepoli sought to be considered a literary rival to Italian dramatist and poet Vittorio Alfieri, often writing his own takes on topics previously addressed by Alfieri. Styling himself as a champion of liberty, in 1783, he wrote an essay on freedom, advocating political reform.
Other noted works include:Anna Bolena, a libretto recounting the life of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King [Henry VIII]. Similar treatments were done in the same period by Felice Romani and Ippolito Pindemonte.
- A libretto for an opera by Giovanni Paisiello entitled I giuochi d'Agrigento with which the theater, La Fenice, was inaugurated on 16 May 1792.
- A six-page summary translation of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Prospetto del "Paradiso Perduto" di Giovanni Milton Tradotto in versi sciolti da Alessandro Pepoli, printed in Venice in 1795.
- A tragedy Agamennone published in Venice in 1794 and rival of the tragedy with the same subject of Alfieri