Sosarme, de di Media (meaning Sosarmes, King of Media) is an opera by George Frideric Handel. Composed in 1732, the original setting of Portugal was changed to Sardis in Lydia. It was revived in 1734 with arias from Riccardo Primo. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in Great Britain, a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. ... Sardis, (also Sardes) the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, the seat of a conventus under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times, was situated in the middle Hermus valley, at the foot of Mt. ... This article is about the musical term aria. ... Riccardo Primo, re dInghilterra (Richard I, King of England). ...