Francesco Cavalli - La Virtu De' Strali D'Amore (2011) [DVD9 NTSC]


Actors: Juan Sancho, Cristiana Arcari, Roberta Inbernizzi, Marco Scavazza, Filippo Adami
Format: Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
Language: Italian (Dolby Surround), Italian (DTS 5.0), Italian (PCM)
Subtitles: Italian, English
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 2
Studio: Naxos DVD
DVD Release Date: October 25, 2011
Run Time: 150 minutes
Recorded at the Teatro Malibran, Venice, Italy, 14 October 2008.



Francesco Cavalli (14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque period. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron Federico Cavalli, a Venetian nobleman.


La virtù de’ strali d’Amore was the first of ten operas Cavalli wrote with librettist Giovanni Faustini. Set in Cyprus, the plot involves enchanted and pastoral elements, love and its thwarting, the counterpointing of Man and God, sorcery, revelation and ultimate resolution, all accomplished in a brilliant series of scenes. A follower of Monteverdi, Cavalli reveals the influence of the older man but also his own pronounced independence. Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante have become one of the most admired partnerships in the history of baroque music performance.