Atenaide
Music by Antonio Vivaldi · libretto by Apostolo Zeno · premiered 1728 · at Teatro della Pergola
Atenaide (RV 702) is an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a revised edition of a 1709 libretto by Apostolo Zeno for Caldara. It was first performed at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on 29 December 1728 for the 1729 Carnival season.
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About the Composer
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, violin technique and programmatic music. He consolidated the emerging concerto form, especially the solo concerto, into a widely accepted and followed idiom. Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than fifty operas. His best-known work is a series…
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Other Operas by Antonio Vivaldi
- Griselda (1701)
- Orlando furioso (1714)
- Arsilda, regina di Ponto (1716)
- Argippo (1717)
- Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718)
- La verità in cimento (1720)
- La Silvia (1721)
- Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)