Early Years
Alberto Cavos was born in Saint Petersburg to Venetian opera composer Catterino Cavos (see Cavos family), who had settled in Russia in 1798, after the fall of the Republic of Venice. Alberto Cavos was educated in the University of Padua and then returned to Russia to complete practical training in Carlo Rossi's workshop. His brother Giovanni (Ivan, 1805–1861) was trained in music and assisted his father in Saint Petersburg opera.
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