Orlando, HWV 31 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1732-11-20 (end date)
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 5 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Overture
#634356 - 8.69MB - 4:45 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 218×⇩ - MP3 - Pgosta

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Pgosta (2020/7/3)

Performer Pages New Belgrade Opera (Opera Company)
Predrag Gosta (Conductor, Harpsichord)
Publisher Info. New Belgrade Opera
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Naxos

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Prelude (Act I, Sc.8)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#439025 - 1.99MB - 2:11 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 149×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/9/13)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#842092 - 97.43MB, 195 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 59×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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Tito Manlio (2023/2/26)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1732.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes The British Library, London (GB-Lbl): R.M.20.b.8
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 Acts I & II
#842117 - 177.78MB, 176 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 44×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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 Act III
#842118 - 95.72MB, 98 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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Tito Manlio (2023/2/26)

Copyist John Christopher Smith Sr.
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1732-32).
Handel's conducting score
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky, Hamburg (D-Hs): M A/1035
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 Complete Score
#19061 - 23.42MB, 127 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16072×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 82
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1881. Plate H.W. 82.
Copyright
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Aria of Orlando (Act 1, Scene 10)

 Complete Score
#505077 - 0.17MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2345×⇩ - Unmostro

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Unmostro (2017/12/17)

Editor Andrey Sharapov
Publisher. Info. Andrey Sharapov, 2017.
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Sinfonia (Act III)

 Complete Score
#507313 - 0.05MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 739×⇩ - Amatus

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Amatus (2018/1/3)

Editor Luca Albanese (b. 1993)
Publisher. Info. Luca Albanese, 2018.
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Parts

Aria of Orlando (Act 1, Scene 10)

 Violins I
#505078 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 578×⇩ - Unmostro

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 Violins II
#505079 - 0.10MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 194×⇩ - Unmostro

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 Violas
#505080 - 0.09MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 229×⇩ - Unmostro

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 Cellos
#505081 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 261×⇩ - Unmostro

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Misc. Notes Aria of Orlando (Act 1, Scene 10)
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Sinfonia (Act III)

 Oboe 1, 2, Violins I
#507314 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 301×⇩ - Amatus

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Amatus (2018/1/3)

 Violins II
#507315 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 106×⇩ - Amatus

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 Violas
#507316 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 110×⇩ - Amatus

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 Cellos/Basses
#507317 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 147×⇩ - Amatus

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Amatus (2018/1/3)

Editor Luca Albanese (b. 1993)
Publisher. Info. Luca Albanese, 2018.
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Vocal Scores

Selections

 Aria: Sorge infausta una procella
#147715 - 0.38MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7038×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Vol.II: For Low Voice
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1128-6.
Copyright
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 Aria: Fammi combattere
#532440 - 0.09MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1410×⇩ - Pietro Cattaneo

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Pietro Cattaneo (2018/7/18)

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 Act 2 Sc.8: Verdi Piante
#596529 - 0.12MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 635×⇩ - D.c.burchell

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D.c.burchell (2019/11/8)

Editor David Burchell (b. 1966)
Publisher. Info. David Burchell
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Misc. Notes edited from Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 82 ed Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Harpsichord or Organ (Anonymous)

 Complete Score
#130595 - 0.15MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2409×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2010
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
No 26 in Handel’s Sixty Overtures from all his Operas and Oratorios Set for the Harpsichord or Organ
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Prelude (Act I, Scene 8)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#439021 - 0.15MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 292×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/13)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#439022 - 0.42MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 127×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/13)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Aria: Tra caligini profonde (Act II)

For Piano (Duncan)

 Complete Score
#548084 - 0.08MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 282×⇩ - Parsonstreet

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Parsonstreet (2018/11/4)

Arranger Andrew Paul Duncan (b. 1976)
Publisher. Info. Andrew Paul Duncan
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1733)
#761930 - 0.19MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 203×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1733)
#769220 - 0.16MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 74×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1733)
#769221 - 0.17MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 74×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1733 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exact transcripts for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Orlando
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Օրլանդո; 오를란도; Лоранд; Orlando (opera); Orlando (Händel); D Opere «Orlando» vom Händel; Орландо; オルランド
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181031673; LCCN: n78019743; GND: 300272766; BNF: 139131308
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 31
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 377
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1732-11-20 (end date)
First Performance. 1733-1-27 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Orlando: Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
Angelica: Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
Medoro: Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
Dorinda: Celeste Gismondi (soprano)
Zoroastro: Antonio Montagnana (bass)
Librettist Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728), 1711
adapted L. Ariosto's Orlando furioso, 1532.
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Orlando, a knight (alto castrato)
Angelica, Queen of Cathay (soprano)
Medoro, an African prince (contralto)
Dorinda, a shepherdess (soprano)
Zoroastro, a magician (bass)

Orchestra

2 recorders, 2 oboes, [bassoon], 2 horns, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
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