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Beautiful Music NOW - Antonio Vivaldi's L'OLIMPIADE

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Antonio Vivaldi's opera L'OLIMPIADE RV 722 premiered in Venice in 1734. The libretto by Pietro Metastasio was set to music by 50 composers over the years. Today's Beautiful Music features Vivaldi's version, performed by Federico Maria Sardelli and Musica Viva.

Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.