Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. C'est seulement en 1713 que Vivaldi aborde l'opéra ; certaines sources parlent de 94 productions, mais seules 50 ont été identifiées. La musique de ces opéras n'ayant pas été imprimée, contrairement aux livrets, il ne reste trace (complète ou partielle) que d'une vingtaine d'opéras. Impresario du Teatro San Angelo de Venise, Vivaldi écrira la majorité de ces opéras pour ce théâtre. Les 30 airs de ce recueil sont proposés en réduction chant-clavier, pour voix de contre-ténor, extraits des opéras : Andromeda Liberata, Ottone in villa, L'Olimpiade, Tietiberga, Tito Manlio, Il Tigrane, Bajazet, Il Giustino, Olando finto pazzo, La Verità in cimento, La Fida nonfa, Orlando Furioso. / Date parution : 2014-07-01/ Recueil / Contre Ténor

Ed. critica delle opere di A. Vivaldi - Riduzione per canto e pianoforte di A. Frigé-The present reduction derives from the critical edition of the score just published in this catalog. La Griselda was composed and performed in Venice in the spring of 1735 for the occasion of the Ascensiontide fair (Sensa). The taskof adapting the libretto by Apostolo Zeno to the particular exigencies of the production was assigned to a young writer of comedies attached to the company led by Giuseppe Imer: Carlo Goldoni. The latter immortalized in his Mémoires hismeeting with Vivaldi and the composer's inseparable prima donna the contralto Anna Giraud confessing to having been forced against his will to 'assassinate' Zeno's drama at the composer's whim. La Griselda was favourably received bythe audience at the San Samuele theatre remained the sole opera by Vivaldi to be staged at a theatre owned by the powerful Grimani family. The present edition includes a synthetic introduction of the historical context the description of the mainsource employed and a choice of the critical Notes to the musical text.