Calandro

Calandro
Opera buffa by Giovanni Alberto Ristori
Schloss Pillnitz, where the opera premiered in 1726
LibrettistStefano Benedetto Pallavicino
LanguageItalian
Based onIl Calandro
by Bernardo Dovizi
Premiere
2 September 1726 (1726-09-02)
Schloss Pillnitz, near Dresden

Calandro is an opera buffa in three acts composed by Giovanni Alberto Ristori to a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino. The libretto was based on the comedy Il Calandro by Bernardo Dovizi (Cardinal Bibbiena). In turn, Dovizi's play borrowed elements of the plot from Plautus's Menaechmi and the character Calandro from Boccaccio's Decameron It was first staged on 2 September 1726 in Dresden.