- Floridante
"Floridante" (HWV 14) is an
opera seria in three acts byGeorge Frideric Handel . The Italian-languagelibretto was byPaolo Antonio Rolli afterFrancesco Silvani 'sLa costanza in trionfo .The opera was first given at the
King's Theatre inLondon on9 December 1721 and again with revisions on4 December 1722 . It was revived in1727 and1733 and also performed inHamburg . The next staging, and the first modern performance, took place at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon on10 May 1962 . [Dean, Winton, "Music in London: Abingdon - Handel's "Floridante" (July 1962). "The Musical Times", 103 (1433): pp. 476-481.]The manuscript of the final chorus from the opera was discovered in the 1930s, and filled out the autograph manuscript in the Royal collection at the
British Museum . [Smith, William C., "Recently-Discovered Handel Manuscripts" (April 1937). "The Musical Times", 78 (1130): pp. 312-315.]Roles
elected recordings
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Floridante " - Sharon Rostorf-Zamir (Rossane),Roberta Invernizzi (Timante),Joyce DiDonato (Elmira), Marijana Mijanovic (Floridante), Riccardo Novaro (Coralbo), Vito Priante (Oronte), Il complesso barocco, c. Alan Curtis. Deutsche Grammophon 289 477 6566. [George Loomis, Opera Magazine (UK), June 2007.]
*"Floridante " - Katalin Farkas (Rossane), Mária Zádori (Timante), Anette Markert (Elmira),Drew Minter (Floridante), József Moldvay (Coralbo), István Gáti (Oronte),Capella Savaria , c.Nicholas McGegan . Hungaroton.References
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*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*"Floridante" by Anthony Hicks, in 'The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera ', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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