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Encyclopedia > Arianna in Creta

Arianna in Creta (Ariadne in Crete) (HWV 32) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Pietro Pariati's Arianna e Teseo. Opera seria is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and serious style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1720s to ca 1770. ... George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-born British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ...


Performance history

The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 26 January 1734. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ...


Roles

Premiere 1734
Arianna soprano Anna Maria Strada
Teseo alto castrato Giovanni Carestini, called Cusanino
Carilda alto Maria Caterina Negri
Alceste soprano castrato Carlo Scalzi
Tauride soprano Margherita Durastanti
Minos bass Gustavus Waltz


 

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