Giovanni Battista Volpe

Giovanni Battista Volpe (c. 1620–1691)[1]: 41  was a Venetian composer for operas during the Baroque period.

[2][3]: 142 Volpe was an organist at St Mark's Basilica,[1]: 41  and succeeded Giovanni Legrenzi as maestro di capella of the Cappella Marciana from 1690 until 1691.

Volpe composed the music for the opera La costanza di Rosmonda, which premiered in Venice's Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1659.

[3]: 330  He then composed the music for the opera Gl'amori d'Apollo e di Leucotoe,[3]: 39  which premiered in the same theatre in 1663.

[1]: 41 Volpe was the preferred choice of composers in absentia when changes had to be made to their work.