Nicolò Minato

Nicolò Minato (c. 1627–1698) was a Venetian poet, librettist and impresario born in Bergamo. He began writing for the Venetian stage in 1650 with Orimonte for Francesco Cavalli while still working as a lawyer, and from 1665 helped run the Teatro San Salvador.

In 1669 he moved to Vienna as court poet to Emperor Leopold I. Over his career he wrote more than 200 librettos, later revived by Handel and Telemann, and he died in Vienna on 28 February 1698.