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Faustini's libretti were very popular with composers audiences, both in Venice and in other major Italian cities, and "in the course of just nine years, all his works were performed in the theatres of this city with the greatest applause"<ref name="Treccani"/> | Faustini's libretti were very popular with composers audiences, both in Venice and in other major Italian cities, and "in the course of just nine years, all his works were performed in the theatres of this city with the greatest applause"<ref name="Treccani"/> | ||
With [[Francesco Cavalli]], he formed the most successful opera-composer/librettist duo in the Venice of the 1640s, where the genre of opera as we know it today developed after Monteverdi's death. Opera was booming in Venice at the time, as evidenced by the founding of numerous competing opera houses. Shortly after the premiere of La Calisto (for which he wrote the libretto, Cavalli the music) at the end of 1651, he died. Shortly before, he had opened the Teatro Sant' Apollinare opera house. The management was continued by his brother Marco, who became a successful impresario in the decade that followed. ( | With [[Francesco Cavalli]], he formed the most successful opera-composer/librettist duo in the Venice of the 1640s, where the genre of opera as we know it today developed after Monteverdi's death. Opera was booming in Venice at the time, as evidenced by the founding of numerous competing opera houses. Shortly after the premiere of La Calisto (for which he wrote the libretto, Cavalli the music) at the end of 1651, he died. Shortly before, he had opened the Teatro Sant' Apollinare opera house. The management was continued by his brother Marco, who became a successful impresario in the decade that followed. (''Abridged and translated from Wikipedia''<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
==Giovanni Faustini in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history== | ==Giovanni Faustini in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history== | ||