La virtu de' strali d'Amore

Composer: Cavalli, Francesco

Librettist/Text Author: Faustini, Giovanni

Conductor: Biondi, Fabio

Orchestra: Europa Galante

A nymph / A sorceress / A nereid: Storti, Milena

Caprice / Leucippe / Clarindo: Nicotra, Carmelo

Cleandra / Eros / A nymph: Piccinini, Monica

Cleria / Venues / A Sorceress: Invernizzi, Roberta

Darete / Mars: Morace, Filippo

Erabena: Arcari, Cristiana

Ericlea / Psyche / A nymph: Lombardi, Donatella

Erino: Sancho, Juan

First Sailor / Evagora / Jupiter: Scavazza, Marco

Meonte: Adami, Filippo

Mercury / A sea god: Zoccatelli, Gian Luca

Pallante: Sancho, Juan

Pleasure / Clito / Rumour: Bertagnolli, Gemma

Second Sailor / Saturn: Abbondanza, Roberto

Set Designer: Santi, Tiziano

Costume Designer: Marzot, Vera

Lighting Designer: Coloretti, Claudio

Stage Director: Livermore, Davide

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Date of Production: 2008

Venue: Teatro Malibran, Venice

Playing Time: 02:30:10

Catalogue Number: 33624

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La virtu de' Strali d'Amore was the first ten operas Cavalli wrote with librettist Giovanni Faustini. Set in Cyprus, the plot involves enchanted and pastoral elements, love and its thwarting, the counterpointing of Man and God, sorcery, revelation and ultimate resolution, all accomplished in a brilliant series of scenes.

A follower of Monteverdi, Cavalli reveals the influence of the older man but also his own pronounced independence. Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante have become one of the most admired partnerships in the history of baroque music performance