Vivaldi operas naive4/6/2023 ![]() Stefano Ferrari gets around Gualtiero's fiendish coloratura competently, and 'Tu vorresti col tuo pianto' is a rarity among Vivaldi's operas: a bona fide first-class tenor aria of real distinction, beauty and dramatic subtlety. Marie-Nicole Lemieux's passionate performance of the title-role has vivid handling of text and emotive singing. ![]() Apostolo Zeno's libretto, based on a tale from Boccacio's Decameron, was adapted for Vivaldi by Carlo Goldoni: Gualtiero is forced by political unrest and public criticism of his common-born wife Griselda to prove her noble worth by subjecting her to a torrent of cruel tests. Griselda was first performed at Venice's Teatro di San Samuele during spring 1735.
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