Maciej Radziwiłł, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maciej Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1749

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1800

Profession: composer, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Prince Maciej Radziwill (Lithuanian: Motiejus Radvila) (November 10, 1749 – September 2, 1800) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble (szlachcic), composer and librettist. Around 1780 he lived at Nieswiez, the house of Karol Radziwill, governor of Vilnius Province, who maintained a company of actors, musicians and dancers there and at his estates in Alba (near Nieswiez), Olyka, Sluck, Biala Podlaska and elsewhere.
While at Nieswiez, Radziwill wrote the libretto for Jan Dawid Holland's opera Agatka, czyli Przyjazd pana (‘Agatha, or The Master's Arrival’) which was performed on 17 September 1784 during King Stanislaw August's visit to Nieswiez.
He also wrote the libretto and composed the music for the three-act opera Wójt osady albianskiej (‘The Headman of the Settlers at Alba’) which premiered in Alba on 4 November 1786. Radziwill was owner of Szydlowiec, Grand Podkomorzy of Lithuania since 1786, and castellan of Vilnius since 1788.
He moved to the town of Vilnius where he composed some instrumental and orchestral music and was awarded with the Order of the White Eagle on February 18, 1788.