CAVALLI: Giasone*

CAVALLI: Giasone* [5 January]. Venice , S. Cass. Text by G. A. Cicognini (dramma musicale). Prologue and 3 acts. Cavalli’s most successful work; the libretto had to be reprinted at Venice three times in the course of two years, and there were further editions in 1654, 1664, and 1666. Giasone was subsequently given at Milan 1650; Florence 1650; Bologna December 1651; Naples 1653; Rome 1654; Piacenza 1655; Palermo 1655; Vicenza 1658; Ferrara 1659; Viterbo 1659; Genoa 1661; Ancona December 1664…