Antonio Draghi

Antonio Draghi (* 1634 in Rimini, † January 16, 1700 in Vienna) was an Italian composer, librettist and singer.

Draghi must have received his musical education in Padua, where he is mentioned in 1645 as a soprano in the chapel of San Antonio. In Venice he worked in 1657 he at the Teatro Sant ' Apollinare in a role in the opera Le fortune di Rodope e di Damira with.

From 1658 we find him as a bass player in Vienna, in the court orchestra of the Dowager Empress Eleonore who appointed him in 1668 to his Vice-Kapellmeister. By Emperor Leopold I ( HRR ), he was in 1673 to the imperial opera directors ( Intendente delle Musiche teatrali di SCM) ordered and finally appointed as the successor of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer court orchestra in 1682. Draghi has created around 120 operas and more than 40 major Ecclesiastical works.