Vivaldi (TV series)

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Vivaldi was a Quebec television program broadcast in 1988.

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This program is the biography of the famous composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). We can discover extracts of operas, sonatas, concertos, etcetera. It was broadcast in French. It was also nominated for a Gemini Award in 1988 for Best Performing Arts Program.

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