Calandro

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Schloss Pillnitz, near Dresden
Schloss Pillnitz, near Dresden

Calandro is three-act opera buffa by Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692-1753) to a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicini. The libretto was based on the comedy by Bernardo Dovizi (or Bibbiena, 1470-1520, an Italian Cardinal and writer), after Plautus's Menaechmi.

It was first staged in 1726 at the castle of Pilnitz near Dresden, when it was probably Germany's first opera buffa. Five years later, in 1731, it was the first Italian opera presented in Russia when it was given in Moscow for the celebration of the coronation of Empress Anna. It was produced under his and his father’s direction with thirteen actors and nine singers including Ludovica Seyfried, Margherita Ermini and Rosalia Fantasia.

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Giovanni Alberto Ristori - Calandro CD cover KammerTon (KT 22005)
Giovanni Alberto Ristori - Calandro CD cover KammerTon (KT 22005)

Giovanni Alberto Ristori: Calandro, commedia per musica 1726
KammerTon (KT 22005) Audio CD, 2004 DDD, BayerMusicGroup-Verkaufsrang: 570

  • Egbert Junghanns (Calandro) - Baritone
  • Jan Kobow (Alceste) - Tenor
  • Martin Wölfel (Nearco) - Alto
  • Maria Jonas (Agide) – Mezzo soprano
  • Britta Schwarz (Clizia) - Alto
  • Batzdorfer Hofkapelle
  • Conductors: Tobias Schade & Stefan Rath

[edit] Other operas to the same story

Operas by:
Antonio Sacchini (Maria Gasparo Gioacchino) (June 14, 1730 Florence October 6, 1786 Paris)

Johann Georg Schürer (c.1720 Roudnice? - February 16, 1786 Dresden)

Giuseppe Gazzaniga (October 5, 1743 Verona - February 1, 1818 Crema)

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