Vivaldi's Girls

Antonio Vivaldi’s music has mesmerized audiences for three hundred years. But the story that is far less known than his musical genius was the impressive figure that he was in Venetian society - and the women who pursued him. The young red-haired prodigy could make women swoon with the sweeping grandeur of his violin performances - even more so after he traded in his priest’s robes for the dashing attire of a rich and notorious celebrity. Through the words of his lifelong friend, Domenico Trapensi, Vivaldi’s Girls tells the mesmerizing story of Vivaldi’s time as a music teacher at Venice’s Conservatorio.