Griselda
Music by Antonio Vivaldi · libretto by Apostolo Zeno · premiered 1735 · at Teatro San Samuele
Griselda (Italian pronunciation: [ɡriˈzɛlda]) is a dramma per musica in three acts that was composed by Antonio Vivaldi. The opera uses a revised version of the 1701 Italian libretto by Apostolo Zeno that was based on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron (X, 10, "The Patient Griselda"). The celebrated Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni was hired to adapt the libretto for Vivaldi. The opera was first performed in Venice at the Teatro San Samuele on 18 May 1735.
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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
- 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)
- Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)