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Born Livorno, 26 November 1760.

Died St Petersburg, November 1777.

Italian poet and librettist.

Marco Coltellini settled in Vienna, where he succeeded Pietro Metastasio as Court Poet.  After a scandal he moved to St Petersburg in 1772.  His libretti (sometimes revised by later hands) were used by many composers including Gluck (Telemaco 1765), Mozart (La finta semplice 1769), Haydn (L'infedeltà delusa 1773).