Cecilia Bartoli, Sposa son disprezzata

Sposa son disprezzata (“I am wife and I am scorned“) is an Italian aria written by Francesco Gasparini. It is used in Vivaldi’s pasticcio, Bajazet. The music for this aria was not composed by Vivaldi. The originating work is Francesco Gasparini’s opera Bajazet, composed before Vivaldi’s pasticcio. It was a common practice during Vivaldi’s time to compile arias from other composers with one own’s work for an opera. Vivaldi himself composed the arias for the good characters and mostly used existing arias f