Farnace
Music by Antonio Vivaldi · libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini · premiered 1727 · at Teatro San Angelo
Farnace is an opera by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, set to a libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini initially set by Leonardo Vinci during 1724. Vivaldi's setting received its first performance in 1727 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. Popular at the time, and revived with great success at the Sporck theater in Prague in 1730, Vivaldi's Farnace (RV 711) slipped into oblivion until the last quarter of the 20th century when it emerged from obscurity.
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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)
- Atenaide (1709)
- Orlando furioso (1714)
- Arsilda, regina di Ponto (1716)
- Argippo (1717)
- Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718)
- La verità in cimento (1720)
- La Silvia (1721)