Pierre Beaumarchais
In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed an opera, "Le Nozze di Figaro", based on "The Marriage of Figaro", with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on the play. Several composers including Paisiello in 1782 wrote operas based on "The Barber of Seville". Rossini's 1816 version is his most successful work and still often performed. In 1966, Darius Milhaud composed an opera, "La mère coupable", based on "The Guilty Mother".
Giacomo Badoaro
Giacomo Badoaro (1602–1654) was a Venetian nobleman and amateur poet. He is most famous for writing the libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria" (1640). He also provided librettos for the operas "Ulisse errante" by Francesco Sacrati (1644) and "Elena rapita da Teseo" (1653) by Jacopo Melani. He was a member of the Venetian intellectual circle, the Accademia degli Incogniti.