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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Overture from L’Olimpiade, RV 725
Composed: 1733
Premiered: 1734, Venice
Duration: 5 minutes

The Olympiad, RV 725, is a dramma per musica in three acts that was composed by Antonio Vivaldi. The opera uses an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio that was originally written for Antonio Caldara’s 1733 opera of the same name. Vivaldi’s version premiered in Venice at the Teatro Sant’Angelo on February 17, 1734. The same libretto was to be later set to music by over 50 other composers, including Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1735.

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Overture from L’Olimpiade, RV 725
Composed: 1733
Premiered: 1734, Venice
Duration: 5 minutes

The Olympiad, RV 725, is a dramma per musica in three acts that was composed by Antonio Vivaldi. The opera uses an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio that was originally written for Antonio Caldara’s 1733 opera of the same name. Vivaldi’s version premiered in Venice at the Teatro Sant’Angelo on February 17, 1734. The same libretto was to be later set to music by over 50 other composers, including Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1735.