Operas by George Frideric Handel

Almira (1705) Florindo (1708) Rodrigo (1707) Agrippina (1709) Rinaldo (1711) Il pastor fido (1712) Teseo (1713) Amadigi di Gaula (1715) Acis and Galatea (1718) Radamisto (1720) Muzio Scevola (1721) Floridante (1721) Ottone (1723) Flavio (1723) Giulio Cesare (1724) Tamerlano (1724) Rodelinda (1725) Scipione (1726) Alessandro (1726) Admeto (1727) Riccardo Primo (1727) Siroe (1728) Tolomeo (1728) Lotario (1729) Partenope (1730) Poro (1731) Ezio (1732) Sosarme (1732) Orlando (1733) Arianna in Creta (1734) Oreste (1734) Ariodante (1735) Alcina (1735) Atalanta (1736) Arminio (1737) Giustino (1737) Berenice (1737) Alessandro Severo (1738) Faramondo (1738) Serse (1738) Giove in Argo (1739) Imeneo (1740) Deidamia (1741) Semele (1744) 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. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... “Der in Krohnen erlangte Glückswechsel”, or “Almira, Königin von Castilien” (HWV 1), is George Frideric Handels first opera. ... Der beglückte Florindo is an opera composed by Handel in Hamburg in 1708 as part of a double opera, the other part being Die verwandelte Daphne. ... Opera in three acts by Handel. ... Agrippina is an opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Rinaldo and Armida by Francois Boucher, 1734 (Louvre Museum) Rinaldo is an Italian opera by George Friderich Handel. ... Opera in three acts by Handel written in 1712. ... Theseus. ... Amadigi di Gaula is an opera based on the story of Amadis and Dardanus by George Frideric Handel. ... Acis and Galatea is a pastoral opera or masque composed by George Frideric Handel while he was living in Cannons (the seat of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, during the summer of 1718, and later revised and expanded to three acts in 1732, to words by John Gay, Alexander... Radamisto is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto by Niccola Francesco Haym, based on Lamor tirranico by Domenico Lalli and Zenobia by Matteo Noris. ... Muzio Scevola (Mucius Scaevola) is an opera in three acts. ... Floridante (HWV 14) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ... Ottone, de di Germania (Otho, King of Germany) is a opera by Handel composed in 1723. ... Please do not edit yet. ... One of Handels greatest operas composed in a year in which two more great operas were composed by him. ... Rodelinda is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Opera composed by Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1726. ... Alessandro (Alexander the Great). ... Admeto. ... Riccardo Primo, re dInghilterra (Richard I, King of England). ... Siroe, re di Persia (or Siroes, King of Persia) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ... Tolomeo, re di Eggito (Ptolemy, King of Egypt). ... Lotario (Lothair) (HWV 26) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ... Opera by George Frideric Handel composed in 1730. ... Poro, re dellIndie (or Porus, King of the Indians) (HWV 28) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ... Opera by Handel. ... Sosarme, de di Media (meaning Sosarmes, King of Media) is an opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Handel opera composed in 1733. ... Arianna in Creta (Ariadne in Crete) (HWV 32) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ... Oreste (Orestes) (HG 48/102, HWV A11) is an opera by George Frideric Handel in three acts. ... Ariodante is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Alcina is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel for his first season at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Opera in Three Acts by Handel composed in 1736. ... An almost entirely unknown opera by Handel composed in 1736. ... Justin. ... Berenice, regina dEgitto (Bernice, Queen of Egypt). ... Alexander Severus. ... Faramondo is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel in 1738. ... Serse (also known as Xerxes) is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Giove in Argo (or Jupiter in Argos) (HWV A14) is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Imeneo (Hymen) (HWV 41) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. ... Handels last opera composed in 1741. ... Semele is a secular oratorio by George Frideric Handel. ...

Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. The libretto was written by Nicola Francesco Haym. Giulio Cesare is an opera by Handel first performed in 1724. ... Gaius Julius Caesar [1] (Latin pronunciation ; English pronunciation ; July 12 or July 13, 100 BC or 102 BC – March 15, 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in classical antiquity. ... The New Opera in Oslo, Norway The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... 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. ... Nicola Francesco Haym (b Rome, 6 July 1678; d London, 31 July 1729). ...

It was first performed in London on February 20, 1724. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ...

The opera was an immediate success. Handel revived it (with changes) in 1725, 1730, and 1732; it was also performed in Paris, Hamburg, and Brunswick. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Map of Germany showing Braunschweig Braunschweig [ˈbraunʃvaik] (English & French: Brunswick) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

Like Handel's other works in the opera seria genre, Giulio Cesare fell into oblivion in the 19th century. 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. ...

The roles of Cesare and Cleopatra, sung by the castrato Senesino and famous soprano Francesca Cuzzoni respectively, and which encompass eight arias and two recitatives accompagnati each, totally dispose of the vocal capabilities of the singers. Cornelia and Sesto are more static because they are completely taken by their primary emotions, she with pain because of her husband's death and constantly constrained to defend herself from Achilla and Tolomeo, and he consumed by vengeance for his father's death. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Senesino (Francesco Bernardi) (1690?-1750?) was a celebrated Italian castrato who worked in London for some time. ... Francesca Cuzzoni (1700 - 1770) was an Italian soprano. ...

Cleopatra is a multifaceted character: she uses at first her womanly wiles to seduce Cesare and gain the throne of Egypt, and then becomes totally engaged in the love affair with Cesare. She has great arias of immense dramatic intensity Se pietà di me non senti (II, 8) and Piangerò la sorte mia (III, 3). Sensual character is described magnificently in the aria V'adoro, pupille, in which Cleopatra, in the guise of Lidia, appears to Cesare circondated by the Muses of Parnassus (II, 2). This number calls for two orchestras: one is an ensemble scene with strings with sordino, oboe, tiorba, harp, bassoons and viola da gamba concerante. Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ...

In the 20th century, it was revived (in heavily altered form) in Göttingen in 1922. In modern times, it has proven to be by far the most popular of Handel's operas, with more than two hundred productions in many countries. The title role and the roles Ptolemy and Nirenus were written for castrati, and in modern productions, Giulio is either transposed for baritone or sung by a contralto, mezzo-soprano, or, more frequently in recent years, a countertenor. The characters of both Nirenus and Ptolemy are sung by countertenors. Göttingen ( ) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. ... Baritone (French: baryton; Deutsch: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... A countertenor is an adult male who sings in an alto or soprano range, often through use of falsetto. ...

The work is considered by many to be Handel's finest Italian opera, possibly even the best in the history of opera seria. It is admired for its superb vocal writing, its dramatic impact, and its deft orchestral arrangements.

Giulio Cesare has become part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed.

The recording that is generally preferred is the Rene Jacobs on Harmonia Mundi. Another more recent recording was conducted by Mark Minkowski and had Magdalena Kozena in the role of Cleopatra.

The Glyndebourne Festival has published its 2005 summer production, directed by David McVicar and conducted by William Christie, on an Opus Arte DVD, with Sarah Connolly in the role of Cesare and Danielle De Niese in the role of Cleopatra. The period has been moved to British colonial times in the first half of the 20th century and the staging contains elements from Bollywood films. Glyndebourne is a country house near Lewes in East Sussex, England. ... David McVicar (1967, Glasgow) is a Scottish opera and theatre director. ... William Christie can refer to: William Henry Mahoney Christie (1845–1922), astronomer. ... Danielle de Niese (b. ...

The controversial American director Peter Sellars has also directed Giulio Cesare, as a studio production in 1990, based on a production originally staged at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. It is conducted by his regular musical collaborator Craig Smith. The production is updated to the unspecified future and set in the Middle East. It features the counter-tenor Jeffrey Gall as Cesare and Susan Larson as Cleopatra. It has been issued on DVD by Decca. Peter Sellars Peter Sellars (born 1957) is an American theater director, renowned for his modern stagings of classical operas and plays. ... La Monnaie (Dutch: De Munt) is an opera house in Brussels. ... Craig Smith (born November 10, 1983) is a professional basketball player. ... A Countertenor is an adult male singer who uses the falsetto part of his voice more than usual to sing a higher range than the typical adult male voice. ...

Roles

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Noted Arias

• "Al lampo dell'armi", (Giulio Cesare) in Act II, Scene 3
• "Cara speme, questo core", (Sesto) in Act I, Scene 2
• "Da tempeste il legno infranto", (Cleopatra) in Act III, Scene 3
• "Dall'ondo…Aure, deh, per pietà spirate", (Giulio Cesare) in Act III, Scene 2
• "L'angue offeso mai riposa", (Sesto) in Act II, Scene 2
• "L'aure che spira", (Sesto) in Act II, Scene 4
• "La giustizia ha già sull'arco", (Sesto) in Act III, Scene 2
• "Non disperar", (Cleopatra) in Act I, Scene 2
• "Non è si vago e bello", (Giulio Cesare) in Act I, Scene 2
• "Piangerò la sorte mia", (Cleopatra) in Act III, Scene 1
• "Priva son d'ogni conforto", (Cornelia) in Act I, Scene 1
• "Se pietà di me non senti", (Cleopatra) in Act II, Scene 3
• "Svegliatevi nel core", (Sesto) in Act I, Scene 1
• "Tu la mia stella sei", (Cleopatra) in Act I, Scene 2
• "V'adoro pupille", (Cleopatra) in Act II, Scene 1
• "Va tacito e nascosto", (Giulio Cesare) in Act I, Scene 3

External links

• Aria Database - Giulio Cesare arias and operatic roles database
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast: Giulio Cesare
• Opera Today - Giulio Cesare Libretto