Andromeda liberata is a pasticcio-serenata of 18 September 1726, on the subject of Perseus Freeing Andromeda, made as a collective tribute to the visiting Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni by at least five composers working in Venice including Vivaldi. It contains the last documented solo performance by Vivaldi as a violinist, performing the virtuoso violin part in his own aria "Sovente il sole".Michael Talbot The Vivaldi Compendium - 2011 p cxl 184383670X He ceased to appear in public as a violinist – one assumes that he played the obbligato part in his aria 'Sovente il sole' in Andromeda liberata* (1726), but no later solo performance is documented – in part because he no longer deemed it appropriate to his status. The work was re-assembled by Olivier Fourés and recorded by Andrea Marcon with Simone Kermes, Anna Bonitatibus and Max Emanuel Cenčić and the Venice Baroque Orchestra for Archiv in 2005.Review
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See also List of operas based on the Andromeda myth