Giacomo Durazzo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giacomo Durazzo

Italian diplomat

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1717

Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1794

Profession: politician, diplomat, playwright, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Count Giacomo Durazzo (27 April 1717 – 15 October 1794) was an Italian diplomat and man of theatre.
He was born into one of the most important aristocratic families in Genoa.
His brother was the famous doge Marcellino Durazzo.
In 1749, he became ambassador to the court in Vienna, where he was appointed director of the imperial theatres in the city in 1754.
He is most famous for working with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on reforming Italian opera. In 1750, he married the eighteen-year-old Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff.
He died in Venice.



Alternative names	Martin Mytens (II), Martin Meytens, Martin van Mijtens, Martin van Mytens (II), Martinus Mytens
Description	Austrian-Swedish painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	24 June 1695	23 March 1770
Location of birth/death	Stockholm	Vienna
Work location	Paris, Dresden, Vienna, Venice, Rome, Naples, Florence, Bologna, Modena, Milan, Turin, Genoa, Stockholm, Vienna (....-1770)
Authority control	: Q1082324 VIAF: 52559379 ISNI: 0000 0000 8343 666X ULAN: 500025098 LCCN: no2015036625 WGA: MEYTENS, Martin van, II WorldCat