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