Vivaldi’s Gloria was written in 1715 for the famous all-female ensembles of Venice’s Ospedale della Pietà . During Vivaldi’s time teaching at this orphanage (1703-40), the Pietà developed an international reputation for its private concerts, presented exclusively by the young women who were educated there.
Around 1720, Agata, a baby born without fingers on her left hand, was passed through the small revolving door (called a scaffetta) in the orphanage’s exterior wall. She went on to become a star student, performing as a soprano soloist and composing cantatas. Her compositions have remained hidden to this day as fragments in a Venice library. Some 280 years later, the ACC will perform her Cantata for the first time outside the walls of the Venice orphanage.
Enter below for your chance to win one of five double passes* too see Vivaldi’s Gloria, Agatha’s Cantata.
Tickets can either be redeemed as a double pass for the in-person concert Saturday 7 May, 3pm at Scots’ Church, Melbourne or as a single livestream ticket for the same time.
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