Mats Norrman replied to Pablo Gamba:

>>I'd also add "Concierto barroco" (Baroque Concert) by cuban Alejo
>>Carpentier. It wasl written following a Vivaldi's opera based in mexican
>>emperor Moctezuma -?was it real?.
>
>I didn't know there was a "Montezuma" by Vivaldi, but by another
>composer....

Yes, Vivaldi did compose an opera with the title "Montezuma" (Motezuma),
RV 723.  The German composer Carl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759), 19 years
Vivaldi's junior, also composed an opera by that name.  The Graun can be
found on Capriccio 60032 and the Vivaldi on Astree 8501.

Dave
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