Antonio Cesti
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Antonio Cesti, known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".
Cesti's house in Innsbruck
Scenography for Il pomo d'oro
New Court Theater Innsbruck
Francesco Sbarra
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Francesco Sbarra was an Italian poet and librettist. Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinan
Antonio Cesti
…was established in 2010 by the conductor Alessandro De Marchi. Works Title Libretto Première date Place, theatre Notes Alessandro vincitor di se stesso Francesco Sbarra 1651 Venice, Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo Il Cesare amante Dario Varotari 1651 Venice, Teatro Grimano Cleopatra Dario Varotari 1654 Innsbruck revised…
Sbarra's libretto for Le Lachrime di San Pietro (performed in Vienna, 1666)