La fida ninfa explained

La fida ninfa
Composer:	Antonio Vivaldi
Librettist:	Scipione Maffei
Language:	Italian
Premiere Location:	Teatro Filarmonico, Verona

La fida ninfa (The Faithful Nymph, RV 714) is an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Scipione Maffei. The opera was first performed for the opening of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona on 6 January 1732.^{[1] [2]} Among the arias is "Alma oppressa de sorte crudele" (Soul oppressed by cruel fate).

Recording

• La fida ninfa – Sandrine Piau,, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, Sara Mingardo, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi; Naïve Records, 3CDs; recorded Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Liban de Paris April/May 2008

See also

• List of operas by Antonio Vivaldi

Further reading

• Il teatro di Scipione Maffei (La Merope, Le cerimonie, Il raguet, e La fida ninfa). Edited by Teresa Copelli, Luigi Battei, Parma, 1905.

Notes and References

1. Karl Heller. Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice (1997), p. 108: "... and La fida ninfa to initiate the Teatro Filarmonico on 6 January 1732."
2. [Michael Talbot (musicologist)|Michael Talbot]