page_title: Anna Girò
section_title: Early life and career
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Girò / Early life and career
caption_attribution_description: Frontispiece and cast of the 1723 venitian production of La Ninfa Infelice e Fortunata.
context_page_description: Anna Girò, also known as l'Annina del Prete Rosso, la Nina del Prete Rosso, or l'Annina della Pietà, was the stage name of Anna Maria Maddalena Tessieri, an Italian mezzo-soprano/contralto of the 18th century. She is best remembered for her numerous collaborations with composer Antonio Vivaldi who wrote operatic roles for her. She is the singer who performed the greatest number of Vivaldi's operas, the one who kept them in her repertoire the longest time and who made them known across the largest geographical area.
caption: Frontispiece and cast from the libretto of the 1723 Treviso premiere of La Ninfa Infelice e Fortunata. Girò makes her debut in this pastoral opera. She plays the role of "Mirtillo, pastore amante di Filli" ("Mirtillo, shepherd in love with Filli") as "La Sig. Anna Giro di Mantova" ("Miss Anna Girò from Mantua"). Her first professional role was en travesti.
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