What is "ciro"

Cirò can refer to:

• Cirò, Calabria, Italian comune in the province of Crotone
• Cirò Marina, Italian comune in the province of Crotone
• Cirò (wine), wine made in the environs of Cirò

For the Italian "comune", see Cirò, Calabria.

Ciro (Cyrus) is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli in collaboration with Andrea Mattioli. It was first performed at the Teatro San Giovanni e San Paolo, Venice on January 30, 1654. The libretto is by Giulio Cesare Sorrentino in a revised version by Aurelio Aureli. Sorrentino's libretto had been set the previous year by Francesco Provenzale for the royal theatre in Naples.