Possible Clues:

• A false notion of 'The Merchant of Venice'
• American not in play at the Globe (Merchant of Venice)
• "The Four Seasons" composer Vivaldi
• Owner of the 'pound of flesh' sought by Shylock
• A Winter's Tale character I love after soon rescuing protagonist at the end
• -- Vivaldi, 1678-1741, Italian composer
• In Hunstanton I organised The Merchant of Venice
• Worker on Iago, heartless character in Shakespeare
• Soldier with head cut threatened merchant in drama
• — Pappano, conductor