what music did antonio vivaldi compose?
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entailment
 Donizetti managed to retrieve the score of L 'ange de Nisida from Joly 's company and reworked it as La favorite ( now more commonly known by its Italian title , La favorita ) in September 1840 for a December premiere in Italy . To circumvent the Italian censors Donizetti agreed to plot modifications ; La favorite is about a medieval King of Castile . 

contradiction
 The original manuscript of the score does not exist ; two surviving copies from the 1650s show significant differences from each other , and each differs to some extent from the libretto . How much of the music is actually Monteverdi 's , and how much the product of others , is a matter of dispute . None of the existing versions of the libretto , printed or manuscript , can be definitively tied to the first performance at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the precise date of which is unknown . Details of the original cast are few and largely speculative , and there is no record of the opera 's initial public reception . Despite these uncertainties , the work is generally accepted as part of the Monteverdi operatic canon , his last and perhaps his greatest work . 

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 Rinuccini 's libretto is available in a number of editions . The music of the " Lamento " survives because it was published by Monteverdi , in several different versions , independently from the opera . This fragment became a highly influential musical work and was widely imitated ; the " expressive lament " became an integral feature of Italian opera for much of the 17th century . In recent years the " Lamento " has become popular as a concert and recital piece and has been frequently recorded . 

contradiction
 The Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi ( 1567 – 1643 ) , in addition to a large output of church music and madrigals , wrote prolifically for the stage . His theatrical works were written between 1604 and 1643 and included ten operas , of which three — L 'Orfeo ( 1607 ) , Il ritorno d 'Ulisse in patria ( 1640 ) and L 'incoronazione di Poppea ( 1643 ) — have survived with their music and librettos intact . In the case of the other seven operas , the music has disappeared almost entirely , although some of the librettos exist . The loss of these works , written during a critical period of early opera history , has been much regretted by commentators and musicologists . 

entailment
 The opera was composed under severe pressure of time ; the composer later said that the effort of creating it almost killed him . The initial performance , produced with lavish and innovative special effects , was highly praised , and the work was equally well received in Venice when it was revived under the composer 's direction in 1640 as the inaugural work for the Teatro San Moisè . 
