Opera in Concert.

From: Opera Canada | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Opera in Concert got the year off to an innovative start with the Canadian premiere of La Griselda (Jan. 29), one of almost four dozen operas composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Produced in 1735, this is one of the composer's later operas (and one of the few to survive almost intact), written to a libretto by Apostolo Zeno and revised by Carlo Goldoni. The piece is a reworking of the famous story from Boccacio's Decameron, in which King Gualtiero tests the loyalty and commitment of his low-born wife, Griselda, through a series of increasingly cruel deceptions. True love wins out in the ...

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