Giacomo Durazzo
Giacomo Durazzo | |
|---|---|
Count and Countess Durazzo, painted by Martin van Meytens | |
| Austrian ambassador to the Republic of Venice | |
| In office April 1764 – Summer 1784 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 27, 1717 Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
| Died | 15 October 1794 (aged 77) Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Spouse |
Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff
(m. 1750; died 1794) |
Count Giacomo Durazzo (27 April 1717 – 15 October 1794) was an Italian diplomat, art collector and man of the theatre. He is most famous for working with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on reforming Italian opera.