Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678, Venice – July 28, 1741, Vienna), nicknamed Il Prete Rosso, meaning "The Red Priest," was an Italian priest and baroque music composer.

Major works

Operas:

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• Bajazet (Tamerlano) (1735)
• Catone in Utica (1737)
• Dorilla in Tempe (1726)
• Ercole sul Termodonte (1723)
• Farnace (1727)
• La fida ninfa (1732)
• Il Giustino (1724)
• Griselda (1735)
• L'incoronazione di Dario (1716)
• L'Olimpiade (1734)
• Orlando finto pazzo (1714)
• Orlando furoiso (1727)
• Ottone in villa (1713)
• Rosilena ed Oronta (1728)
• Rosmira (1738)
• Il Teuzzone (1719)
• Tito Manlio (1719)
• La verità in cimento (1720)

Published works in his lifetime:

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• Opus 1, 12 Sonatas for 2 violins and basso continuo (1705)
• Opus 2, 12 Sonatas for violin and basso continuo (1709)
• Opus 3, L'estro armonico (Harmonic inspiration), 12 concertos for various combinations (4 violins, 4 violins and violoncello, etc.) (1711)
• Opus 4, La stravaganza (The extraordinary), 12 violin concertos (c. 1714)
• Opus 5, (2nd part of Opus 2), 4 sonatas for violin and 2 sonatas for 2 violins and basso continuo (1716)
• Opus 6, 6 violin concertos (1716-21)
• Opus 7, 2 oboe concertos and 10 violin concertos (1716-21)
• Opus 8, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention), 12 violin concertos, the first 4, in E, G minor, F, and F minor being known as The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni) (1725)
• Opus 9, La cetra (The lyre), 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins (1727)
• Opus 10, 6 flute concertos (c. 1728)
• Opus 11, 5 violin concertos, 1 oboe concerto (1729)
• Opus 12, 5 violin concertos and 1 without solo (1729)
• Opus 13, Il pastor fido (The Faithful Sheperd), 6 sonatas for musette, viela, recorder, oboe or violin, and basso continuo (1737, spurious works by Nicolas Chédeville).