La Calisto

Dramma per musica in three acts and a prologue (1651)

Music by Francesco Cavalli
Text by Giovanni Faustini

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This opera is a masterpiece of the Venetian Baroque by one of its most prominent composers. Written and brought to the stage for the first time almost precisely in the middle of the seventeenth century, Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto is characterized by its musical inventiveness, an extraordinarily focused rendering of the characters, and a sophisticated libretto filled with serious and comic situations as well as characters.

The plot lines are multilayered, downright labyrinthine, and the scene changes and turns of events are surprising. The most powerful of all passions, love, is the driving force to which all the characters are subject in all their trials and tribulations: be they gods, natural beings, or humans. Director Stefan Herheim will stage this colorful kaleidoscope of words and sounds using a kind of “baroque sci-fi aesthetic” with all the thematic variety and color that inheres in this opera, ending with a starry sky. Christina Pluhar will create the opera’s musical magic with her ensemble L’Arpeggiata.

Dates

Premiere Barocktage 2026
Duration: approx. 3:15 hrs including one interval
Language: In Italian language with German and English surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Stroboscopic effects (flashing lights) are used during the performance. Under certain conditions, specific flashing frequencies may trigger seizures in people with epilepsy or those at risk of epilepsy.

Cast

Barocktage 2026
Duration: approx. 3:15 hrs including one interval
Language: In Italian language with German and English surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Stroboscopic effects (flashing lights) are used during the performance. Under certain conditions, specific flashing frequencies may trigger seizures in people with epilepsy or those at risk of epilepsy.

Cast

Barocktage 2026
Duration: approx. 3:15 hrs including one interval
Language: In Italian language with German and English surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Stroboscopic effects (flashing lights) are used during the performance. Under certain conditions, specific flashing frequencies may trigger seizures in people with epilepsy or those at risk of epilepsy.

Cast

Barocktage 2026
Duration: approx. 3:15 hrs including one interval
Language: In Italian language with German and English surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Stroboscopic effects (flashing lights) are used during the performance. Under certain conditions, specific flashing frequencies may trigger seizures in people with epilepsy or those at risk of epilepsy.

Cast

Family Performance Barocktage 2026 For the last time this season
sold out
Duration: approx. 3:15 hrs including one interval
Language: In Italian language with German and English surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Stroboscopic effects (flashing lights) are used during the performance. Under certain conditions, specific flashing frequencies may trigger seizures in people with epilepsy or those at risk of epilepsy.

Cast

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