Those aforementioned authors are Lorenzo da Ponte, EugÃ¨ne Scribe, Metastasio and Arrigo Boito.
One author of works of this type was patronized by an emperor who supposedly said "Good, good! Then we shall have a virgin muse" upon discovering that the former had not written any plays. Plays like Le philtre and Adriana Lecouvreur were adapted into works of this type, and were originally written by a French author who perfected the well-made play and is also known for his original works of this type.  One author of these works was patronized by Marianna Bulgarelli; his first original work of this type was based on the abandonment of Dido by Aeneas, and he also wrote a popular work about Demofonte. Another author of these works used the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio and also wrote Mefistofele. Those aforementioned authors are Lorenzo da Ponte, EugÃ¨ne Scribe, Metastasio and Arrigo Boito. For 10 points, name these operatic texts.
One author of works of this type was patronized by an emperor who supposedly said "Good, good!
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