1615–51, Italian Librettist and theatre manager Giovanni Faustini, who was born in Venice, wrote 11 libretti for Venetian opera houses in nine years – between 1642 and 1651 – and 10 of them were set to music by Francesco Cavalli. Cavalli owed a great deal to Faustini’s skill and to his unerring ‘feel’ for the pseudo-historical subjects of ...
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 ...
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 Cassiano closed due to financial difficulties, but it reopened in 1658. Cavalli returned as musical ...
with another dramatist, Sir Robert Howard, also provided the text for Purcell’s semi-opera The Indian Queen (1695). Introduction | Early & Middle Baroque | Opera Personalities | Giovanni Faustini | Early & Middle Baroque | Opera ...
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