Francesco Cavalli has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 7 November 2017. Songs played include Act II: D'Ipparco / Lasso Io Vivo / Di Che Mi lamento?, O Maria, Vernans Rosa and Requiem Aeternam.

Francesco Cavalli (February 14, 1602 – January 14, 1676) was an Italian composer. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron, a Venetian nobleman.

Cavalli was born at Crema, Lombardy. He became a singer at St Mark's in Venice in 1616, second organist in 1639, first organist in 1665, and in…