Giasone

Cavalli’s Giasone has it all – achingly beautiful music, unimaginable tragedy, and ultimate triumph.

Giasone was the most frequently performed opera of the 17th century and took its plot from the Greek myth of Jason and his search for the Golden Fleece. 

These days Giasone is rarely performed. Our production was the Australian premiere. Cavalli was a groundbreaking composer of opera. Giasone is at once bawdy and beautiful – and a little bit naughty…