Deidamia (opera)

Deidamia (opera)
George Frideric Handel
 
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Deidamia (HWV 42) was George Frideric Handel's last Italian opera. The Italian text was by Paolo Antonio Rolli.

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Performance history

The opera was first performed on 10 January 1741 at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London. The opera received only three performances, at a time when the public was becoming tired of Italian opera. (Handel subsequently turned his attention to composing oratorios.) The opera was revived in the 1950s and is occasionally staged. It has been recorded.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 10 January 1741
(Conductor: - )
Deidamia, daughter of Licomede soprano
Nerea, friend of Deidamia soprano
Achille (Achilles), in women's dress, under the name of Pirra soprano
Ulisse (Odysseus), King of Ithaca, using the name Antiloco alto castrato or contralto
Fenice, King of Argos bass
Licomede (Lycomedes), King of Skyros bass

Synopsis

The opera is based upon the Greek mythological character Deidamia, the daughter of King Lycomedes of Skyros, who bore a child by Achilles.

E-book

Score of Deidamia (ed. Friedrich Chrysander, Leipzig 1885)

References

  • Dean, Winton (2006), Handel's Operas, 1726-1741, Boydell Press, ISBN 1843832682  The second of the two volume definitive reference on the operas of Handel

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