Pietro Chiari

Abbot Pietro Chiari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛtro ˈkjari]; 25 December 1712 - 31 August 1785) was an Italian playwright, novelist and librettist.

Life

Chiari was born and died in Brescia. He was a Jesuit until leaving the order in 1747. From 1747 to 1762 he was court poet of Duke Francis III of Modena, in Venice, although not at the public cost. During this period he wrote nearly 60 comedies, which from 1761 or earlier often brought him into conflict with his rival Goldoni. With a deep hatred for the style of Molière, Chiari made comédie larmoyante fashionable in Italy under the name commedia fiebile. He also edited the Gazzetta Veneta from 1761 to 1762, when he returned to his birthplace to spend his final years.

Works

Comedies

  • El Mario cortesan
  • I Fanatici
  • I Filosofi pazzi
  • I Raggiri fortunati
  • Il Filosofo veneziano
  • Il Medico Veneziano al Mongol
  • Il Poeta comico
  • Il Tesoro
  • Il Trionfo dell' innocenza
  • L'Amore di libertà
  • L'Arlecchina
  • L'Astrologia (1762)
 
  • L'Ingannatore ingannato (1764)
  • L'Inganno amoroso
  • L'Innamorato di due
  • L'Uomo come gli altri
  • L'Uomo di buon cuore
  • La Bella Pellegrina
  • La Buona Madrigna
  • La Donna di parola
  • La Donna di spirito
  • La Famiglia stravagante
  • La Gratitudine
  • La Madre tradita
 
  • La Moscovita in Siberia
  • La Notte critica
  • La Nuora sagace
  • La Pamela maritata
  • La Partenza
  • La Pastorella fedele
  • La Pescatrice innocente
  • La Rovina di Troja
  • La Schiava cinese (1753)
  • La Scuola delle vedove (1749)
  • La Serva senza patron
  • La sposa fedele (1773)
 
  • La Vedova prussiana
  • La Vendetta amorosa
  • La Veneziana in Algeri
  • Le Nozze di Bertoldo
  • Le serve rivali
  • Le Sorelle chinesi
  • Le Sorelle rivali
  • Marco Accio Plauto
  • Molière, marito geloso
  • Pamela schiava combattuta

Tragedies

Novels

Bibliography

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