- Markstrom, Kurt Sven. “The Operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano.” Ph.D.
diss., U. of Toronto, 1993. v, 356p.
Filippo Vitali (ca. 1600–1653)
- Pruett, James W. “The Works of Filippo Vitali.” Ph.D. diss., U. of North Car-
olina, 1962. 2v.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Bibliographies and Guides to Resources
- Talbot, Michael. Antonio Vivaldi: A Guide to Research. Garland Composer
Resource Manuals, 12. New York: Garland, 1988. xlv, 197p. ISBN 0-8240-
8386-5. ML134 .V7 T34.
A valuable annotated bibliography of 432 entries, plus a thorough study of the
four catalogues of Vivaldi’s works (by Mario Rinaldi, Marc Pincherle, Antonio
Fanna, and Peter Ryom). Also useful inventories of manuscripts, libraries,
societies, and Vivaldi scholars. General index.
Collections of Essays
1951.Opera and Vivaldi. Ed. Michael Collins and Elise K. Kirk. Austin: U. of Texas
Press, 1984. 398p. ISBN 0-292-70746-0. ML1703 .O63.
Consists of 21 essays by various specialists “derived from the Dallas Opera
Vivaldi Symposium” of 1980; Orlandowas produced at that time. Contribu-
tions of interest include Eric Cross, “The Relationship between Text and Music
in the Operas of Vivaldi,” and John W. Hill on Orlando(1960). Name index.Periodicals
1952.Quaderni vivaldiani,1–, 1980–. Florence: Olschki, 1980–. Irregular. ML410
.V82.
An important journal of scholarly studies. Some of the valuable material on
opera is in v.1 (1980): Francesco Degrada, “Vivaldi e Metastasio: Note in mar-
gine a una lettura dell’Olimpiade”; Gianfranco Folena, “Prima le parole, poi
la music: Scipione Maffei poeta per musica e La fida ninfa”; and Maria Teresa
Muraro and Elena Povoledo, “Le scene della Fida ninfa: Maffei, Vivaldi, e
Francesco Bibiena.” V.2 (1982) includes Bruno Brizi, “Gli Orlandidi Vivaldi
attraverso i libretti,” and Franco Fino, “Le tre Griselde: Appunti su Goldoni
librettista di Vivaldi.” The same volume has nine essays on social and intellec-
tual conditions of the opera composer in Vivaldi’s time. V.3 (1982) has “I
libretti vivaldiani,” ed. Anna Laura Bellina et al. It gives detailed bibliographic
descriptions of 76 libretti, with facsimiles, as well as indexes of persons and
arias. V.4 (1988) includes Martin Steinebrunner, “Orlando furioso: Vom Epos
zur Oper”; Anna Laura Bellina et al., “Il pasticcio Bajazet”; and Michael
Collins on the orchestra in Vivaldi operas (see #1957).” V.6 (1991) has a
Vivaldi chronology. V.10 (1998) has Antonio Fanna and Michael Talbot,
“Cinquant’anni di produzioni e consumi della musica dell’età ci Vivaldi,
1947–1997,” and various essays on opera revivals in the late 20th century.362 Opera