Composer · Baroque Era
Francesco Cavalli
1602 – 1676 · Italian · 14 operas in the catalogue
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading opera composer of the mid 17th-century. A central figure of Venetian musical life, Cavalli wrote more than thirty operas, almost all of which premiered in the city's theaters. His best known works include Ormindo (1644), Giasone (1649) and La Calisto (1651).
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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1640 Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne, 1640 Italian
- 1641 Didone, 1641 Italian
- 1643 L'Egisto, 1643 Italian
- 1645 Doriclea, 1645 Italian
- 1649 Giasone, 1649 Italian
- 1652 Eritrea, 1652 Italian
- 1655 Erismena, 1655 Italian
- 1655 Il Xerse, 1655 Italian
- 1657 Artemisia, 1657 Italian
- 1659 Elena, 1659 Italian
- 1662 Ercole amante, 1662 Italian
- 1999 Eliogabalo, 1999 Italian
- n/a Ciro Italian
- n/a Hipermestra Italian