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Francesco Cavalli

1602 - 1676

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Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading opera composer of the mid 17th-century. A central figure of Venetian musical life, Cavalli wrote more than thirty operas, almost all of which premiered in the city's theaters. His best known works include Ormindo (1644), Giasone (1649) and La Calisto (1651). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Cavalli is the 178th most popular composer (up from 180th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Italy (up from 889th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Composer.

Francesco Cavalli was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He is most famous for his operas, including The Coronation of Poppea, which was the first opera to be based on a story from classical mythology.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francesco Cavalli ranks 178 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Michel Legrand, Luciano Berio, Henri Vieuxtemps, Max Reger, and Giuseppe Torelli. After him are Siegfried Wagner, Gustav Holst, Philip Glass, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Michael Haydn, and Baldassare Galuppi.

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Among people born in 1602, Francesco Cavalli ranks 5. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Otto von Guericke, Elisabeth of France, and Athanasius Kircher. After him are Philippe de Champaigne, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Per Brahe the Younger, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Zhu Yujian. Among people deceased in 1676, Francesco Cavalli ranks 5. Before him are Pope Clement X, Alexis of Russia, Sabbatai Zevi, and Michiel de Ruyter. After him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Madame de Brinvilliers, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, and Carl Gustaf Wrangel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Cavalli ranks 868 out of 5,161. Before him are Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508), Roberto Mancini (1964), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), and Antonio Tabucchi (1943). After him are Antipope Felix II (300), Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Francesco Cavalli ranks 35. Before him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), Luciano Berio (1925), and Giuseppe Torelli (1658). After him are Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), and Niccolò Piccinni (1728).

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