Giasone

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Giasone is a 1649 opera by Baroque composer Francesco Cavalli that became one of the most popular and frequently performed operas of the 17th century.

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Giasone canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
acts 3 ⓘ
basedOn myth of Jason and Medea ⓘ
cataloguedAs Cavalli opera ⓘ
centuryOfPremiere 17th century ⓘ
composer Francesco Cavalli ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Venice ⓘ
genre dramma per musica ⓘ
hasCharacterType comic servants ⓘ
gods and mythological figures ⓘ
heroic characters ⓘ
hasModernEditions true ⓘ
hasModernRecordings true ⓘ
hasPrologueCharacter Amore (Cupid) ⓘ
linked to: Cupid

Fortuna ⓘ
linked to: Fortuna Primigenia

Sole (the Sun) ⓘ
linked to: The Sun
historicalSignificance important example of early Venetian opera ⓘ
influential in the development of 17th‑century opera ⓘ
includes arias ⓘ
comic scenes ⓘ
ensembles ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Giacinto Andrea Cicognini ⓘ
mainCharacter Alinda ⓘ
Besso ⓘ
Delfa ⓘ
Ercole (Hercules) ⓘ
linked to: Heracles

Giasone (Jason) ⓘ
linked to: Argonaut Jason

Isifile (Hypsipyle) ⓘ
linked to: Hypsipyle

Medea ⓘ
musicalEra Baroque ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most popular operas of the 17th century ⓘ
frequent performances in 17th‑century Europe ⓘ
premieredAt commercial public opera house ⓘ
premiereDate 1649 ⓘ
premierePlace Teatro San Cassiano, Venice ⓘ
linked to: Teatro San Cassiano
prologue true ⓘ
settingPeriod mythological antiquity ⓘ
style Venetian public opera ⓘ
subjectMatter betrayal ⓘ
heroic adventure ⓘ
love ⓘ
title Giasone ⓘ
workOf Francesco Cavalli ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francesco Cavalli → notableWork → Giasone ⓘ
subject linked to: Cavalli
Giasone → title → Giasone ⓘ