Pietro Francesco Cavalli
Born: 14th February 1602, Crema, Italy
Died: 14th January 1676, Venice, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Francesco Cavalli 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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Philippe Jaroussky sings Cavalli
8th Mar 2019
The French countertenor leads Artaserse in a kaleidoscopic survey of the many and varied operas by the seventeenth-century Italian composer, shot through with the spirit of Venetian carnival.
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Popular Works: Cavalli
- Alle ruine del mio regno, Lamento d’Ecuba e Cassandra (2)
- Cantate Domino (9)
- Canzon (6)
- Canzon a 3, 2 violini e violoncino (3)
- Che città (from L'Ormindo) (3)
- Delizie contente (5)
- Dell'antro magico (from Giasone) (2)
- Dolcissimi baci (2)
- Elena (2)
- Ercole Amante (5)
- Giasone (2)
- Il Giasone (5)
- In convertendo (2)
- L’Ormindo (2)
- La Calisto (3)
- La Didone (4)
- Laetatus Sum (Psalm 121) (2)
- Luci mie che miraste (from Xerse) (2)
- Lucidissima face (from La Calisto) (3)
- Magnificat (5)
- Misero, così va (2)
- Missa pro defunctis (4)
- Musiche sacre (5)
- Ne le grotte arimaspe (from L'Eritrea) (2)
- Ninfa bella (from La Calisto) (2)
- O Bone Jesu (3)
- O luci belle (from Eritrea) (3)
- O quam suavis et decora (4)
- Piante ombrose (from La Calisto) (3)
- Re de' Getuli altero (from Didone) (2)
- Requiem (2)
- Restino imbalsamate (from La Calisto) (2)
- Salve Regina (17)
- Son Ancor Pargoletta (3)
- Sonata a 3 (5)
- Sonate à 6 (2)
- Vanne intrepido o mio bene (from Statira, Principessa di Persia) (2)
- Vespero della Beata Vergine Maria (5)
- Vespero delli cinque Laudate (2)
- Vivo per te (from La Calisto) (2)
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