Previous posts for August 5th are here: Guillaume DuFay (2019), (2020), Guillaume Du Fay; Ambroise Thomas (2021), and Jeri Southern; Antonio Cesti (2022)
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Antonio Cesti (baptism 5 August 1623 – 14 October 1669) was an important Italian composer of opera and cantata.
Overboard
Il pomo d'oro was first performed in 1668, in a famously lavish production, including a large orchestra, numerous choruses, and various mechanical devices used to stage things like gods descending from heaven, naval battles, and storms. – adapted from Wikipedia
Consider Antonio Cesti.
When at his considerable best, he
Defined with a stroke
The flamboyant Baroque, —
Spectacular, lavish, and zesty.
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