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Count Nicolo Minato -LRB- b. Bergamo , ca. 1627 ; d. Vienna , 28 February 1698 -RRB- was an Italian poet , librettist and impresario .. Bergamo. Bergamo. Vienna. Vienna. Italian. Italy. poet. poet. librettist. librettist. impresario. impresario. His career can be divided into two parts  : the years he spent at Venice , from 1650 to 1669 , and the years at Vienna , from 1669 until his death .. Vienna. Vienna. Venice. Venice. Minato is best remembered for his vast output as a librettist for opera .. librettist. librettist. opera. opera. In total , he wrote over 200 librettos .. His career began with Orimonte , written in 1650 for Francesco Cavalli .. Orimonte. Orimonte. Francesco Cavalli. Francesco Cavalli. At this time he worked primarily as a lawyer , and it was only over a decade later that he abandoned this , his first profession , and turned fully to the composition of librettos and theatre management -LRB- as did his contemporary , Giovanni Faustini .. Giovanni Faustini. Giovanni Faustini. Minato was also a member of several literary academies , including , along with Busenello , the Accademia degli Imperfetti , a group that devoted itself to studying the classics and contemporary jurisprudence .. Busenello. Giovanni Francesco Busenello. He wrote 11 librettos for Venice , most of them for Cavalli , though a few were first set by Antonio Sartorio .. Venice. Venice. Antonio Sartorio. Antonio Sartorio. In 1665 he became a prominent figure in the running of the Teatro San Salvador .. While there he collaborated with composer Giovanni Legrenzi in revising his opera Zenobia e Radamisto in 1667 .. opera. opera. Giovanni Legrenzi. Giovanni Legrenzi. Zenobia e Radamisto. Zenobia e Radamisto. In 1669 he left Venice to take up a post in Vienna as court poet to the Emperor Leopold I.. Vienna. Vienna. poet. poet. Venice. Venice. Emperor Leopold I. Emperor Leopold I. At Vienna he wrote over 170 librettos , averaging around 5 a year , in genres as diverse as opera seria and festa teatrale .. Vienna. Vienna. opera. opera. opera seria. opera seria. festa teatrale. festa teatrale. In addition to his duties as a writer of secular works , Minato was also a prolific producer of sacred texts , often described as oratorios .. He largely provided these texts for performances given to mark special occasions - birthdays in the royal family , for example , or possibly Lenten celebrations or court weddings .. Lenten. Lenten. Minato was a popular librettist and after his death his works were frequently revived by composers such as Johann Adolf Hasse , Handel , Giovanni Bononcini , and Telemann .. librettist. librettist. Johann Adolf Hasse. Johann Adolf Hasse. Handel. Handel. Giovanni Bononcini. Giovanni Bononcini. Telemann. Telemann