- Teseo
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"Teseo" (or '
Theseus ') is anopera seria with music byGeorge Frideric Handel , the only Handel opera that is in five acts. [Price, Curtis, "Teseo" in Boston and London" (February 1986). "Early Music", 14 (1): pp. 149, 151.] The Italian-languagelibretto was byNicola Francesco Haym , afterPhilippe Quinault 'sThésée . It was Handel's third London opera, intended to follow the success of "Rinaldo" after the unpopular "Il pastor fido ".The opera was premiered at the
Queen's Theatre inLondon on 10 January1713 . It received an additional 12 performances through 16 May 1713. [Kimbell, David, "The Libretto of Handel's "Teseo" (October 1963). "Music & Letters", 44 (4): pp. 371-379.] The singers included thecastrato sValeriano Pellegrini andValentino Urbani . Between 1713 and 1984, there were only two revivalsDean, Winton, "Music in London: Opera - "Teseo" (October 1985). "The Musical Times", 126 (1712): pp. 611-612.] , the first being the revival under Fritz Lehmann inGöttingen on 29 June1947 . In 1985, the tercentenary year for the Handel commemorations, the opera received three revivals.English Touring Opera produced "Teseo" in October and November 2007. [cite news | url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/operalivereviews/story/0,,2192124,00.html | title=Teseo (Hackney Empire, London) | publisher="The Guardian" | author=Erica Jeal | date=16 October 2007 | accessdate=2007-11-10]Roles
elected recordings
* Erato 2292 45806-2: Eirain James,
Della Jones , Julia Gooding, Derek Lee Ragin, Catherine Napoli, Jeffrey Gall; Les Musiciens du Louvre;Marc Minkowski , conductor [Burrows, Donald, Review of recording of "Teseo" (August 1993). "Early Music", 21 (3): pp. 505-506.]E-book
* [http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016903/images/ Score] of "Teseo" (ed.
Friedrich Chrysander , Leipzig 1874)References
ources
*citation|first=Winton|last=Dean|first2=J. Merrill|last2=Knapp|title=Handel's Operas, 1704-1726|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1987
id=ISBN 0193152193 The first of the two volume definitive reference on the operas of Handel
*"Teseo" by Anthony Hicks, in 'TheNew Grove Dictionary of Opera ', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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