LA CALISTO

'''La Calisto''' is an opera by Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by Giovanni Faustini, first performed on 28 November 1651 at the Teatro San Apollinare, Venice. The story is based on the myth of Callisto from Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. A comparative failure in its own day, the opera has been successfully revived in modern times.

Contents

Roles

Recordings

Sources

Roles

★ Calisto (soprano)

★ Diana (mezzo-soprano)

★ Endimione (contralto (alto))

★ Giove (bass)

★ Giunone (soprano)

★ Il destino (soprano)

★ L'eternità (soprano)

★ L'infea (tenor)

★ La natura (contralto (alto))

★ Mercurio (baritone)

★ Pane (bass or contralto (alto))

★ Satirno (countertenor)

★ Sylvano (basso)

Recordings

★ ''La Calisto'' Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, LPO, Raymond Leppard (Decca, 1971)

★ ''La Calisto'' Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi, 1995)

Sources

★ ''Viking Opera Guide'' edited by Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993)