What year was Viva la Vida performed live for the first time ?
" In a documentary for Sweden 's Television ( 2011 ) American music professor Dr. Lawrence Ferrara showed that the melody structures of " Viva La Vida " , " If I Could Fly " and " Foreigner Suite " were very similar to the composition " Se tu m'ami " by the Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi , who died in 1736 .