March 12th, 2010
Opera review: Cavalli’s ‘Giasone’ revived by UCLA Opera - Los Angeles Times Blogs
The first thing all reference books proclaim about Francesco Cavalli’s “Giasone,” a hit of the 1649 Carnival season in Venice, is that it became to be the most popular opera of the 17th century. Admired for its wit, its lush melodic invention …





