La passione di Gesù Cristo was written by a composer who spent his career as a subject of what monarchy?
La passione di Gesù Cristo (Salieri) La passione di Gesù Cristo is an oratorio by composer Antonio Salieri that uses a libretto by Metastasio. While many composer's set music to this libretto, Metastasio is recorded to have said before Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor that Salieri's setting "was the most expressive of any written on this poem." The work premiered in Vienna, Austria during the advent season of 1776.
Francesco Corselli Francesco Corselli (Piacenza, April 19, 1705 - April 3, 1778 in Madrid) was an Italian composer of the pre-classical period.