Long lost Vivaldi opera premieres in Prague

A lost opera by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi has premiered in Prague after being unearthed in Germany by a Czech musician. The opera, called Argippo, has not been heard for 278 years – it was played also in Prague in 1730. Soon after, the opera disappeared. The story is a tale of "passion, love and trickery" in an Indian maharaja's court. Only around two-thirds of the score has survived in a readable condition, thus musician Ondřej Macek, who located the score, has had to pad it out with arias from other Vivaldi works. The opera was performed at Prague castle.