Antonio Vivaldi was from Florence.
 Vivaldi started his career as an opera composer as a sideline: his first opera, Ottone in villa (RV 729) was performed not in Venice, but at the Garzerie Theater in Vicenza in 1713
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678  28 July 1741) was a Venetian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music

