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Prince Maciej Radziwiłł (Lithuanian: Motiejus Radvila) (November 10, 1749 – September 2, 1800) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble (szlachcic), composer and librettist. Around 1780 he lived at Nieśwież, the house of Karol Radziwiłł, governor of Vilnius Province, who maintained a company of actors, musicians and dancers there and at his estates in Alba, Ołyka, Słuck, Biała and elsewhere. While at Nieśwież, Radziwiłł wrote the libretto for Jan Dawid Holland's opera Agatka, czyli Przyjazd pana (‘Agatha, or The Master's Arrival’) whic...read more