L'Olimpiade Melodramma In Tre Atti

World Première Recording. Includes a 68 pages LP sized booklet with liner notes in hungarian, english, german & russian + a stamped Dorogi Hanglemezgyár (pressing plant) certificate. The booklet also contains the libretto by Pietro Metastasio in hungarian, Italian, english & german. Booklet illustrations & photographs listing: - 18th century map, marking the 10 famous theatres. - Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore. - Venice, La Riva degli Schiavoni with l'Ospedale della Pietà. - Venice, La Chiesa della Pietà (The mid-18th century). - Budapest Madrigal Ensemble (chorus), vocalists, conductor. - Autograph letter by Vivaldi adressed to Lucrezia Baldini (venice 13 Oct. 1726). - Antonio Vivaldi (A caricature by Ghezzi). First performed at the Teatro Sant’Angelo in 1734, this opera is most noteworthy for being the only setting by Vivaldi of a libretto by poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio that has survived complete.