Premiered: 1643, Venice Libretto by Giovanni Faustini Background Egisto and Clori, two lovers from Delos, have been captured by pirates and sold to different masters. On the day of her marriage to Lidio, Climene has also been captured and sold to the same master as Egisto. Act I One year later, Egisto and Climene have escaped ...
nozze di Teti e di Peleo (‘The Wedding of Teti and Peleo’, 1638) for the San Cassiano. In the next 10 years, Cavalli composed 10 more operas, including Egisto (1643). He also became manager of the San Cassiano, together with the librettist Giovanni Faustini (1615–51). Together, they firmly established the stile rappresentazione. In 1650, the San ...
opera. His first opera, Le nozze di Teti e Peleo (‘The Marriage of Teti and Peleo’), was staged at the Teatro San Cassiano in 1639. Among later successes were Egisto (1643), Ormindo (1644) and Giasone (1648–49), the last of which was played more than any other of his operas during his lifetime. Between 1660 and 1662 Cavalli worked in Paris ...
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