 This is the story of Katarina, a young
violinist who is sent to study music at the great Pieta
orphanage in eighteenth century Venice. There,
she comes under the tutelage of the famous music director
and composer Antonio Vivaldi and, aided by the colorful
gondolier Giovanni, searches through the thrilling
but mysterious atmosphere of Carnival and the Island
of the Dead for clues to her past and a vanishing Stradivarius
violin. Along the way, she comes to understand
Vivaldi, his music and his reasons for staying at the
orphanage despite his international fame. A touching
climactic scene unites Katarina with her Grandfather
and together they take Vivaldi’s music—“its
spirit and soul”—out into the world.
Audiences will enjoy more than twenty-five
excerpts from Vivaldi’s most popular and important works, including
the Four Seasons, the Violin Concerto in A minor and
the Guitar Concerto. The music is magically woven
into the drama as two actors solve a mystery built around
the historic context of the composer’s life and
his school of the Pieta
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