Deidamia (HWV 42) is an opera in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli. It premiered on 10 January...

Deidamia may refer to: see Deidamia (Greek myth) Deidamia of Scyros, in Greek mythology, a lover of Achilles Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous), also known...

In Greek mythology, Deidamia (/ˌdeɪdəˈmaɪə/; Greek: Δηϊδάμεια, Deidameia) was the name referring to the following women: Deidamia, a Messenian princess...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres. Though his large scale English language...

popular concert piece. Its melody is first found in act 3 of Handel's 1705 opera Almira as a sarabande; the score for this can be seen on page 81 of Vol...

Pýrrhos, 'red'), was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros. He became the mythical progenitor of the ruling...

Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi (HWV 19) is an opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel. The...

"the red-haired", Issa, or Kerkysera. There Achilles had an affair with Deidamia, one of the daughters of Lycomedes, and they had one or two sons, Neoptolemus...

Utrecht. Deidamia, his last opera, a co-production with the Earl of Holderness, was performed three times in 1741. Handel gave up the opera business,...

November 2012. (subscription required) "Rinaldo". Opera: 55. January 2000. "Rinaldo: Représentations". Opéra Baroque. Archived from the original on 9 February...

as "Largo from Xerxes" or "Handel's Largo", is the opening aria from the opera Serse (1738) by George Frideric Handel. "Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

(Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrse]; English title: Xerxes; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

Orlando (HWV 31) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel written for the King's Theatre in London in 1733. The Italian libretto was...

for the Opéra de Paris in 1999 and repeated at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Both stagings featured Renée Fleming in the title role. The opera was given...

the Rose), later recast as Lascia ch’io pianga (Leave Me to Weep) in the opera Rinaldo. and for Pena Tiranna in Amadigi di Gaula. Revised and expanded...

oratorios in English that Handel eventually abandoned Italian opera, with his last being Deidamia in 1741 and a string of masterpieces of oratorio in English...

performances at many of the world's opera houses, as well as performances in concert form. Handel's last Italian opera, Deidamia, was performed in 1741. After...

Giustino Berenice Faramondo Alessandro Severo Serse Giove in Argo Imeneo Deidamia Opera excerpts "Lascia ch'io pianga" "Ombra mai fu" "Svegliatevi nel core"...

lovely peace). The first performance took place on 1 April 1747 at the Royal Opera House, and Judas Maccabaeus became one of Handel's most popular oratorios...

Metamorphosed), HWV 4, is an opera composed by Handel for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg in 1706, to a libretto by Hinrich Hinsch. The opera, based on the Daphne...

Italian opera, his last being Deidamia in 1741, and produced a string of masterpieces of oratorio in English. Opera seria, the form of Italian opera that...

Italian operas there. However, in 1733 a rival opera company to Handel's, The Opera of the Nobility, had split the audience for Italian opera in London...

vocal performers and 100 instrumental from His Majesty’s band, and from the Opera, etc." The Duke of Chandos, Handel's former patron, wrote of the anthem...

because his oratorios were written for less highly trained singers than the operas. We know that he would have improvised at the organ to some extent. As he...