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SANTA FE, N.M. - Now being revived in Europe, Vivaldi's operas remain virtually unknown here. But Santa Fe Opera has tackled Griselda this summer, supplying some arresting music and splendid singing.

It was courageous of the Santa Fe Opera to try to extend the baroque opera revival beyond Handel and put on Vivaldi's "Griselda" (1735). But while the opera has some spectacular music, Peter Sellars's ...