Antonio Vivaldi

Such was the case with Antonio Vivaldi's long-forgotten Griselda, now in production at the Santa Fe Opera.

Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera Rodney Punt 2011

Antonio Vivaldi got into the action frequently; about fifty of his reported 95 operas survive.

Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera Rodney Punt 2011

The second-most used composer is Antonio Vivaldi, who has come into his own only in the last half-century.

Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012

Milan dance "L'altro Casanova" is a new ballet production, featuring choreography by Gianluca Schiavoni set to music by Antonio Vivaldi and others.

What's on around Europe 2011

Such was the case with Antonio Vivaldi's long-forgotten Griselda, now in production at the Santa Fe Opera.

Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera Rodney Punt 2011

The second-most used composer is Antonio Vivaldi, who has come into his own only in the last half-century.

Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012

The second-most used composer is Antonio Vivaldi, who has come into his own only in the last half-century.

Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012

Antonio Vivaldi got into the action frequently; about fifty of his reported 95 operas survive.

Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera Rodney Punt 2011

To say that Antonio Vivaldi was a prolific composer is a wild understatement.

In performance: Bach Sinfonia 2010

Secular cantatas dealing with the vicissitudes of love, by Antonio Vivaldi and Nicola Porpora, were rich in wafting lyricism and tricky passages of coloratura -- which Guillon invested with emotion and a clean finish -- and a sacred cantata by the seldom-heard Leonardo Leo supported its text of self-reflection and repentance with some evocatively agitated instrumental writing.

Music review: Damien Guillon at the French Embassy 2010