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2. Rinaldo (opera) - Wikipedia

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   Rinaldo (HWV 7) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1711, and was the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage. The libretto was prepared by Giacomo Rossi from a scenario provided by Aaron Hill , and the work was first performed at the Queen's Theatre in London's Haymarket on 24 February 1711.

3. Lascia ch'io pianga - Wikipedia

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   Four years after that, in 1711, Handel used the music again, this time for his London opera Rinaldo and its act 2 aria "Lascia ch'io pianga" ("Let me weep"), a heartfelt plea for her liberty addressed by the character Almirena to her abductor Argante. Rinaldo was a triumph, and it is with this work that the aria is chiefly associated.

4. The Triumph of Time and Truth - Wikipedia

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   Time and Disillusion are personified (thus spelled with an initial capital even in Italian). Comprising two sections, the oratorio was premiered that summer in Rome. One of its famous arias is Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose), later recast as "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Leave Me to Weep) in the opera Rinaldo.

5. List of operas by George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia

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   Rinaldo: Giacomo Rossi/Aaron Hill, after Tasso, La Gerusalemme liberata Italian libretto: 24 February 1711: London, Queen's Theatre: June 1954, Handel Festival, Halle: HWV 7b is the 1731 revision; the libretto of a revision of 1717 also exists: 8a/b/c: Il pastor fido: Giacomo Rossi, after Giovanni Battista Guarini 8b Italian libretto, 8c ...

6. Armida (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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   Armida (Hob. XXVIII/12) is a 1784 opera (dramma eroico) in three acts by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, set to an Italian-language libretto taken from Antonio Tozzi's 1775 opera Rinaldo, as amended by Nunziato Porta [], and ultimately based on the story of Armida and Rinaldo in Torquato Tasso's poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered).

7. Armida (Rossini) - Wikipedia

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   Isabella Colbran sang the title role, which is one of the longest and most demanding that Rossini wrote, with difficult coloratura passages of every kind during the entire opera. The most notable are to be found in "D'amore al dolce impero" during act 2, in the duets between Armida and Rinaldo, and in parts of the act 3 finale.

8. Silla (Handel) - Wikipedia

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   Silla (full title Lucio Cornelio Silla, HWV 10) is an opera seria (referred to as a dramma per musica) in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was by Giacomo Rossi . The story concerns the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138–78 BC) as recounted by Plutarch .

9. Ariodante - Wikipedia

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   The German-born Handel had brought Italian opera to London stages for the first time in 1711 with his opera Rinaldo. An enormous success, Rinaldo created a craze in London for Italian opera seria, a form focused overwhelmingly on solo arias for the star virtuoso singers. Handel had presented new operas in London for years with great success.