CAVALLI: Il Ciro

CAVALLI: Il Ciro [30 January]. Venice, SS.G. e P. Text by G. C. Sorentino (according to the preface earlier given at Naples with music by some other, unknown, composer). Prologue and 3 acts. According to the preface, Cavalli composed only those parts of the music made necessary by the textual alterations per accomodarsi al costume of Venice. Also given at Genoa 1654; revived Venice, SS. G. e P. [4 February] 1665 (with additional music by A. Mattioli ); Bologna Carnival 1666 (with intermezzi by…