Il teatro alla moda
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Il teatro alla moda is a satirical pamphlet in which its author, the Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello, vents his critical opinions on the milieu of the Italian opera seria in the first decades of
Frontispiece of Il teatro alla moda
Benedetto Marcello
Antonio Vivaldi
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi 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 widesp
Il teatro alla moda
…well-known protagonists of the Venetian theater of the time. For instance, the publisher's name "Aldiviva Licante" refers, by means of anagrams, both to Antonio Vivaldi, then very famous as an opera composer, and to the singer Caterina Canteli. The text of Il teatro alla moda displays several striking features. To begin…
Probable portrait of Vivaldi, c. 1723
The church where Vivaldi was given the supplemental baptismal rites, San Giovanni in Bragora, Sestiere di Castello, Venice
Commemorative plaque beside the Ospedale della Pietà
First edition of Juditha triumphans