Vivaldi and Anna
Donald Macleod focuses on Vivaldi's relationship with Anna Giro, a singer for whom he wrote many operatic roles.
As part of Baroque Spring, a month long season of Baroque music and culture, Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Vivaldi.
Vivaldi met the singer Anna Giro during a trip to Mantua and they quickly became inseparable. He wrote role after role for her, and they toured for months at a time, putting on operas as they went, with Anna in the starring role. According to Vivaldi's librettist, she "did not have a beautiful voice, nor was she a great musician, but she was pretty and attractive, she acted well and had protectors: one needs nothing more to deserve the role of a prima donna.".
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Antonio Vivaldi
L Olimpiade (overture)
Performer: I Solisti Veneti Performer: Claudio Scimone (conductor)
- ERATO:4509963812.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Ottone in Villa (Act 2, Scene 3, 4, 5)
Performer: Nancy Argenta (Caio) Performer: Sophie Daneman (Tullia) Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)
- Chandos:CHAN0614.
- 15.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Teuzzone (Act 1 Scene 4-5)
Performer: Roberta Mameli (Cino) Performer: Furio Zanasi (Sivenio) Performer: Le Concert des Nations Performer: Jordi Savall (director)
- Naive:OP30513.
- 12.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Orlando furioso (Act 2, Scene 11)
Performer: Jennifer Larmore (Alcina) Performer: Veronica Cangemi (Angelica) Performer: Blandine Staskiewicz (Medoro) Performer: Les Eléments Choir Performer: Ensemble Matheus Performer: Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor)
- Naive:OP30393.
- 22.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Dopo un?orrida procella (from Griselda)
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Performer: Il Giardino Armonico Performer: Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- DECCA:4665692DEC.
- 2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
L Olimpiade (overture)
Performer: I Solisti Veneti Performer: Claudio Scimone (conductor)
- ERATO:4509963812.
- 10.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Ottone in Villa (Act 2, Scene 3, 4, 5)
Performer: Nancy Argenta (Caio) Performer: Sophie Daneman (Tullia) Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)
- Chandos:CHAN0614.
- 15.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Teuzzone (Act 1 Scene 4-5)
Performer: Roberta Mameli (Cino) Performer: Furio Zanasi (Sivenio) Performer: Le Concert des Nations Performer: Jordi Savall (director)
- Naive:OP30513.
- 12.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Orlando furioso (Act 2, Scene 11)
Performer: Jennifer Larmore (Alcina) Performer: Veronica Cangemi (Angelica) Performer: Blandine Staskiewicz (Medoro) Performer: Les Eléments Choir Performer: Ensemble Matheus Performer: Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor)
- Naive:OP30393.
- 22.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Dopo un?orrida procella (from Griselda)
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Performer: Il Giardino Armonico Performer: Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- DECCA:4665692DEC.
- 2.
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