![]() ![]() The decision effectively meant the cancellation of the scheduled 1739 Carnival production of Vivaldi's "Il Farnace," which had already enjoyed success in Italy and beyond. "We want to restore to Vivaldi what was taken from him here in Ferrara," Marcello Corvino told The Associated Press ahead of the premiere of "Il Farnace," which tells the story of the tragic dynasty of King Pharnaces II.Īccording to historians, in the late 1730s, Ferrara Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo banned Vivaldi from the city because Vivaldi, an ordained Catholic priest, had stopped celebrating Mass and was said to be in a relationship with one of his singers, Anna Giro. ![]()
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