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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Episode 3: Vivaldi and Anna

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

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Episode 3: Vivaldi and Anna

Vivaldi and Anna

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Vivaldi and Anna

Donald Macleod focuses on Vivaldi's relationship with singer Anna Giro.

Donald Macleod focuses on Vivaldi's relationship with Anna Giro, a singer for whom he wrote many operatic roles.

As part of Baroque Spring, a month long season of Baroque music and culture, Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Vivaldi.

Vivaldi met the singer Anna Giro during a trip to Mantua and they quickly became inseparable. He wrote role after role for her, and they toured for months at a time, putting on operas as they went, with Anna in the starring role. According to Vivaldi's librettist, she "did not have a beautiful voice, nor was she a great musician, but she was pretty and attractive, she acted well and had protectors: one needs nothing more to deserve the role of a prima donna.".

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Vivaldi

As part of Baroque Spring, Radio 3's season celebrating Baroque music and culture, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Vivaldi.

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