Francesco Cirillo

(1623-1677)

Francesco Cirillo (Cerilli) was born in Grumo Nevano on the 4th February 1623, the same year of the composers Cesti, Melani, Tricarico. He died in 1677

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Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of first 1600

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"Orontea regina d'Egitto" was performed in Napoli on the 3rd of April 1654 (Teatro San Bartolomeo)

"Il ratto d'Elena" has been represented in 1655 in Napoli (Teatro San Bartolomeo)

"Venus at Her Mirror" (1644), oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm, of the painter Diego Velazquez, contemporary of Cirillo (National Gallery, London)

Francesco Cirillo

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