Work Title
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Poro, re dell'Indie
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Alternative. Title
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Porus ; King of the Indians
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Name Translations
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Poro; Poro, Re dell'Indie; Poro, re delle Indie; Πώρος (όπερα του Χαίντελ)
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Name Aliases
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Alessandro nell'Indie; Alejandro en la India; Poro, rey de la India; Poro Re dell'Indie; Poro, re dell’Indie
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185292317; LCCN: no95016661; GND: 300065477; BNF: 13924300b
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Composer
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Handel, George Frideric
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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HWV 28
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGH 396
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 acts
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1731-01-16 (end date)
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First Performance.
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1731-02-02 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
- Poro : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
- Cleofide : Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
- Erissena : Antonia Maria Merighi (contralto)
- Gandarte : Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
- Alessandro : Annibale Pio Fabri, called "Balino" (tenor)
- Timagene : Giovanni Giuseppe Commano (bass)
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Librettist
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Adapted from Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782), Alessandro nell'Indie, 1729.
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Language
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Italian
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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Piece Style
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Baroque
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Instrumentation
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voices, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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Cast
- Poro, King of Pakistani region (alto castrato)
Cleofide, Poro's wife (soprano) Erissena, Poro's sister (contralto) Gandarte, Erissena's lover (contralto) Alessandro, King of Macedonia (tenor) Timagene, Alexander's general (bass)
Orchestra
- 2 recorders, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon
2 horns, trumpet, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
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External Links
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Wikipedia article
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