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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.
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 ...
Only a copy of the libretto and fragments of the music survive 4 Daphne: 1708 Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg Hinrich Hinsch Music lost 5 Rodrigo: 1707 Florence: after F. Salvani 6 Agrippina: Late 1709 / Early 1710 Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice Vincenzo Grimani 7a/b Rinaldo: 24 February 1711 Queen's Theatre, London
Handel's 1739 pasticcio Giove in Argo also has a "Lascia la spina" aria, but a shorter one, less known, and set to a different melody. The libretto for Rinaldo was written by Giacomo Rossi from a scenario provided by Aaron Hill. Almirena is addressing the Saracen king of Jerusalem, Argante, who is holding her prisoner and has just disclosed his ...
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.
Handel's last opera that he composed in Italy was a great success, [11] and established his reputation as a composer of Italian opera. [12] 1711 Rinaldo (Handel). Handel's first opera for the London stage was also the first all-Italian opera performed on the London stage. [13] 1724 Giulio Cesare (Handel). Noted for the richness of its ...
George Frideric Handel. Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi (HWV 19) is an opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel. [1] The libretto is by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi. Rodelinda has long been regarded as one of Handel's greatest works. [2]
Rinaldo (Jerusalem Liberated), a character in a 1580 epic poem by Tasso Rinaldo, a 1711 Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, based on the above character; Rinaldo, an 1863 cantata by Johannes Brahms, based on the above character; HMS Rinaldo, one of four ships of the name launched between 1808 and 1943 by the Royal Navy