Nicola Francesco Haym, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicola Francesco Haym

Italian composer and musician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1678

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1729

Profession: writer, composer, numismatist, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist.
He is best remembered for adapting texts into libretti for the London operas of George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini.
Libretti that he provided for Handel included those for Giulio Cesare, Ottone, Flavio, Tamerlano, Rodelinda, and several others; for Bononcini, he produced two, Calfurnia and Astianatte.