He died in Venice on 16 December 1783. As Oberkapellmeister in Dresden and intimate musical collaborator of the poet Pietro Metastasio, he was the supreme European master of opera seria, celebrated for his melodious bel canto style admired by Bach, Mozart, and royal courts across the continent.
Dates verified on Fredrick L. Millner, The Operas of Johann Adolf Hasse, UMI Research Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0835710077; Grove Music Online, entry "Hasse, Johann Adolf" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40232).
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