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".
Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger
After the wedding of Marie de' Medici and Henry IV of France in 1600, Buonarroti published a "Description" of the banquet and was soon commissioned to write court entertainments: "Il natal d'Ercole" (1605), "Il giudizio di Paride" (for the wedding of Cosimo II and Maria Maddalena,1608, music by Jacopo Peri), "La Tancia" (1611) and "Balletto della Cortesia" (1614). In 1612 he began construction of a gallery (now the Casa Buonarroti) on the Via Ghibellino dedicated to his famous relative and commissioned numerous artists to paint murals . During this period his name became linked with Francesca Caccini, who composed the music for "La Tancia", the "Balletto" and "La Fiera"