Johann Adolph Hasse

Johann Adolph Hasse
Born	Bergedorf near Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
Baptised	25 March 1699
Died	16 December 1783 (1783-12-17) (aged 84) Venice, Republic of Venice
Era	Baroque
Spouse	Faustina Bordoni

Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783)^[a][1][2] was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music.

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