Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoniwas an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. Though he wrote in French and Italian, his plays make rich use of the Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. Goldoni...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth25 February 1707
CountryItaly
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