17th century opera attuned to today’s pandemic-fueled yearnings
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
This is a screenshot from the trailer for Princeton University Department of Music s online production of Cavalli s opera La Calisto, which will premiere on YouTube on Saturday, March 6.Princeton University Department of Music
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performing will be part of the equation.
The students who signed up to participate in Princeton University Department of Music’s fall Opera Performance course certainly expected to perform a staged version of “La Calisto,” Francesco Cavalli’s 17th-century opera, in Richardson Auditorium at the end of the term.
The arrival of the pandemic quickly necessitated a change in plans, however, as students returned home for a semester of virtual learning.