Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (flourished from 1690 to 1698) was an Italian writer of opera libretti and texts for oratorios.
[1] Born in Florence, Italy the exact years of Giovanni Battista Lampugnani's birth and death are not known.
He concurrently worked as a correspondent for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from 1693 to 1698; finishing his service to the court in that capacity in London, England in 1698.
[1] As a writer, Lampugnani penned the libretti for two drammi per musica composed to celebrate the weddings of the children of the Polish King John III Sobieski: Per goder in amor ci vuol costanza (1691; music by Viviano Augustini; written for the wedding of Prince James Louis Sobieski and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg) and the pastoral Amor vuol il giusto (1694; composer unknown; written for the marriage of Princess Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria).
He also authored the text to two oratorios: Il transito di San Casimiro (1695; composer unknown) and La caduta d’Aman (1697; music by Raniero Borrini).