Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) 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 great 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.