War sets mother against daughter and father against son in Vivaldi’s opera of vanquished kings, battles, tombs, and vengeance.
Tag: Antonio Vivaldi
124. Orlando furioso (Vivaldi)
Vivaldi, like his wicked sorceress Alcina, enchants the senses, then lures us into a queasily erotic nightmare of the sort we associate more with Richard Strauss than opera seria.
121. La verità in cimento (Vivaldi)
Baby swapping and family strife in a sultan's court.
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