Antonio Vivaldi: Mentre dormi (L’Olimpiade), Christopher Lowrey

The aria “Mentre dormi from Vivaldi’s opera “L’Olimpiade,“ Christopher Lowrey, countertenor. Live, 4K ultra HD video from the Voices of Music “Art of the Countertenor“ concert, March, 2016. In Vivaldi’s manuscript, the composer calls for mutes on all the bowed strings to create a serene atmosphere for this sleep aria. We have retranscribed the “B“ section of the work based on our reading of the composer’s abbreviations for the repeated notes in the strings, or “semicrome.“ Vivaldi’s opera premiered in Venic