Vivaldi at the Opera. Lucie Skeaping presents highlights from a July concert recorded at the Abbey of Saint Michel-en-Thierache in Picardie, France. The Accademia Bizantina and music director Ottavio Dantone are joined by contralto Sonia Prina for a programme of orchestral works and arias by Antonio Vivaldi , whose operas are not his best-known works. Featuring lovely arias from La Silvia, Teuzzone and La Verita in Cimento, plus two of the composer's less famous concertos. Producer Les Pratt