what was antonio vivaldi known for?
Priest
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 In about 1590 Claudio Monteverdi , born in Cremona in 1567 , secured a position as a viol player at the Mantuan court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga . Over the following ten years he advanced to become the duke 's maestro della musica . During that time , significant developments were taking place in the world of musical theatre ; in 1598 the work generally recognised as the first in the new genre of " opera " — Jacopo Peri 's Dafne — was performed in Florence . The duke was quick to recognise the potential of this new musical form , and its potential for bringing prestige to those willing to sponsor it . 

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 Both in the concert hall and on record , Barbirolli was particularly associated with the music of English composers such as Elgar , Delius and Vaughan Williams . His interpretations of other late romantic composers , such as Mahler and Sibelius , as well as of earlier classical composers , including Schubert , are also still admired . 

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 In 1919 , Puccini visited London to discuss plans for the following year 's Covent Garden premiere of Il trittico . This took place on 18 June 1920 ; King George V and Queen Mary were present , and called Puccini to their box to give him their congratulations . With Toscanini not considered , Puccini hoped that Sir Thomas Beecham would conduct the premiere , but he declined and Gaetano Bavagnoli conducted . Once again , only Gianni Schicchi was received with real warmth . 

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 The name Giacomo Meyerbeer first became known internationally with his opera Il crociato in Egitto — premiered in Venice in 1824 and produced in London and Paris in 1825 ; incidentally , it was the last opera ever written to feature a castrato , and the last to require keyboard accompaniment for recitatives . This ' breakthrough ' in Paris was exactly what Meyerbeer had been aiming for over the past ten years ; he had been carefully preparing for it , developing contacts , and fully reaped his reward . 

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 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 . 
