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Vivaldi opera gets premiere in Ferrara nearly 300 years late

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Rome, ItalyAP The Catholic Church and the northern Italian city of Ferrara made their peace Thursday with Antonio Vivaldi nearly 300 years after the city’s archbishop effectively canceled the staging of one of his operas, sending the famed Baroque composer into debt for his final years in exile.  Ferrara Archbishop Giancarlo Perego attended the ceremony […]