Antonio Vivaldi

Date of Birth

Mar 4, 1678

Antonio Vivaldi was a composer of Baroque music. Born in Venice on March 4, 1678.
He was violinist, opera entrepreneur and Priest

Vivaldi was priest, but...

Apr 17, 1703

Vivaldi was ordained priest
But only a year later he was forced to resign to celebrate mass as a result of bronchial disease, possibly asthma.
Also in 1703 he became a professor of violin at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, an institution for orphaned girls form.

1º Publication of Vivaldi

Jun 22, 1705

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZneO_MifO68
The first publication of Vivaldi was 'Opera sonata camera'. Its characteristics:
-It was an instrumental work of the Baroque period. It was scored for one or more melody instruments and continuo. It was divided in three or more stylized dance movements

L'estro armonico Op. 3 ORCHESTAL

Sep 30, 1711

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JK6152MMhMThis work This is a collection of 12 concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711.

Ottone in Villa OPERA

May 17, 1713

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCFcb3_6Q8Ottone in Villa is an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi. It was the first opera by Vivaldi, and premiered on May 17, 1713 at the Teatro delle Grazie in Vicenza

L'incoronazione di Dario

Jan 23, 1717

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsvcYH2tEMIt is an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi. It premiered at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on January 23, 1717.
This opera is rarely nowadays, in Operabase statistics appears with only one representative in 2005-2010.

VI concerto a 5 stromenti Op. 6 ORCHESTAL

Feb 14, 1717

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ytZVULkzO0Concerti a 5 Stromenti VI, op. 6. Violin Concerto in G minor by Antonio Vivaldi. Organized by Einstein, Alfred.Creado for strings, harpsichord, violin soloist together. His style is Baroque Rococo. It is a work composed with duration of 11 minutes.

Tito Manlio

Feb 20, 1719

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7fqMI6ltETito Manlio a music drama in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi, written on the occasion of the celebration of the marriage of the imperial governor of Mantua. Though no wedding finally took place, the opera was first performed at the Teatro archducal of Mantua on February 20, 1719 during the season of Mantua.

The Opus

Apr 15, 1720

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAVJjLd0nwMThe Opus 10, is the only collection written for an instrument other than the violin. It was also the first collection of flute concertos ever published, six concerts in total, and was instructed by his editor Vivaldi Amsterdam to mitigate the fury burning by this new instrument in the 1720s.

Ercole su'l Termodonte OPERA

Feb 21, 1723

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Hvkp_ruTYErcole su'l Termodonte is an Italian baroque opera in three acts. In 1723 he became the sixteenth opera which was set to music Antonio Vivaldi.

Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione

Oct 29, 1723

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkx-CVzCfiEThis work was is a set of twelve concertos by Antonio Vivaldi written between 1723 and 1725, published the same year as Op 8.1 These concerts are for solo violin, strings and basso continuo.

The four seasons

Apr 13, 1725

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygpf6mxTUeYThe Four Seasons is the title of a book of four concertos for violin and orchestra (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. This is a descriptive or programmatic work through elements of musical language tells us different aspects of the seasons

Orlando Furious

May 18, 1727

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzWhdcoiekFirst performed in Venice at Teatro Sant'Angelo in the autumn
of 1727
The opera alterning arias with recitatives and is set on an island in an unspecified time. The story combines several arguments Ariosto: from the exploits of Orlando to the history of Alcina.

Montezuma

Nov 14, 1733

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NWDUocvQPUMontezuma is a music drama in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi and Italian libretto by Girolamo Giusti originally written, based on the book History of the Conquest of Mexico, population and progress of North America, known as New Spain. It premiered on November 14, 1733

The death of Vivaldi

Jul 28, 1741

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPtPLCKe6w8The death of Antonio Vivaldi was in Vienna on July 28, 1741. He died at 63 years and his last work was 'The Best of Vivaldi'