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...Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans (Birgit Finnilä, contralto; Ingeborg Springer, mezzo-soprano; Elly Ameling, soprano; Annelies Burmeister, contralto;. Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Vittorio Negri, conductor. 3 LPs; Philips; $23.94). Vivaldi composed his 1716 oratorio for his students at the Ospedale della Pietá. the Venetian orphanage where he taught music. The subject was a bloody one for schoolgirls: after beguiling the barbarian commander with words and wine, Judith seizes his sword and chops off his head. The score is sumptuous, propelled by the Baroque master's typical unflagging vitality. In this recording both male and female solo roles are sung...
Last week Manhattan concertgoers heard their first Vivaldi opera, performed by Thomas Scherman, his Little Orchestra (TIME, April 30, 1951) and soloists. Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans, based on the story of Judith and Holofernes in the Apocrypha, was a delight to the ear throughout, if a little difficult to imagine as opera...