Nicola Francesco Haym
Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian
opera librettist,
composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and
numismatist. He is best remembered for adapting texts into libretti for the London operas of
George Frideric Handel and
Giovanni Bononcini. Libretti that he provided for Handel included those for ''
Giulio Cesare'', ''
Ottone'', ''
Flavio'', ''
Tamerlano'', ''
Rodelinda'', and several others; for Bononcini, he produced two, ''Calfurnia'' and ''Astianatte''.
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