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Giovanni Alberto Ristori

Born: 1692, Bologna?

Died: 7th February 1753, Dresden

Nationality: Italian

Giovanni Alberto Ristori was an Italian opera composer and conductor.

He was the son of Tommaso Ristori, the leader of an opera troupe belonging to the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony August II the Strong (based in Dresden). August II lent his opera troupe to the Russian Empress Anna for the celebration of her coronation in Moscow. Ristori died in Dresden.

Calandro, his opera in three acts to a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, was both the first opera buffa written in Germany and also the first Italian opera performed in Russia.

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