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Francesco Cavalli. Opere
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Francesco Cavalli - Opere

Over the past several decades, the operas of Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676) have become increasingly in demand in theatres around the world, an interest stimulated in part by the overwhelming popular success of the operas of Monteverdi, Cavalli’s great predecessor and teacher.  Whereas Monteverdi’s extant operas are only three, however, Cavalli’s number nearly thirty.  Indeed, Cavalli was the most prolific and important opera composer of the seventeenth century, and it is his works that set the stage for the subsequent development of opera as a genre.  Cavalli’s operas, which share some of the most outstanding features of Monteverdi’s, thus provide a treasure trove of material waiting to be performed.

Our new critical edition of the Operas of Francesco Cavalli will attempt to fill the need for reliable source-based editions as well as dependable performance materials.  It is also designed to encourage productions of operas that have not yet been resurrected in modern times.