Vivaldi opera gets premiere in Ferrara nearly 300 years late

The Catholic Church and the northern Italian city of Ferrara made their peace with Antonio Vivaldi on December 30, 2021—nearly 300 years after the city’s archbishop effectively canceled the staging of one of his operas, sending the famed Baroque composer into debt for his final years of life. Ferrara archbishop Gian Carlo Perego attended the ceremony opening Vivaldi’s Il

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