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Haymarket Opera performs excerpts from Cavalli’s “La Calisto”

April 25, 2016, 8:00 pm

(Photo: Charles Osgood)

Dedicated to historical accuracy Haymarket Opera Company thoroughly researches libretti, scores, practices, gestures, dance costuming and lighten to bring authenticity to their 17th and 18th century opera and oratorio productions. Craig Trumpeter serves as their artistic director.

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Excerpts from Act 1 of Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto
Excerpts from Act 2 of Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto

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Haymarket Opera performs excerpts from Cavalli’s “La Calisto”