Add to that hundreds upon hundreds of sacred works. However, Verdi’s concerti do indeed resonate, and there are a lot of them: over five hundred in number. For better or for worse, the great bulk of these operas have fallen into obscurity their artificial story lines and formulaic construction don’t resonate well with modern audiences.
He might just as easily – and accurately – have been called “The Red Violinist” or Il Rosso Compositore: “The Red Composer”.Īll together, Vivaldi composed 49 “serious operas” in the ornate Venetian style that was all the international rage at the time. Vivaldi came to be known il prieto rosso (“The Red Priest”) for two excellent reasons: he had bright red hair and was trained as a Catholic priest. Yes, I know we are all “one-of-a-kind” and that that phrase is way overworked, but truly, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a genre unto himself! On Ma– 341 years ago today – the Italian composer, violinist, priest and rapscallion Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice. Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, ca.
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