Teseo, HWV 9 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Prelude (Act I, Scene 2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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Sheet Music

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Editor Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)
Publisher. Info. [London]: Unidentified publisher, n.d.[1788]. Plate No.30-34.
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Misc. Notes Volume 9 of Arnold's 'The Works of Handel'
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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 60
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1874. Plate H.W. 60.
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Parts

Overture

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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
Includes anonymous movements after the overture.
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Aria: Moriro (Act V, sc.1)

4 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)

Editor Nils Jönsson
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Editor Mikhail Firsov
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act I, Scene 2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Sibilando ululando

For Piano (Duncan)
Arranger Andrew Paul Duncan (b. 1976)
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Librettos

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1713 Audience Libretto transcribed for convenient modern use.
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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Exact transcription of the Italian pages in the 1713 Audience Libretto, including rubrics and corrections not shown in the complete libretto above.
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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Exact transcription of the English pages in the 1713 Audience Libretto. In the complete libretto above the English text has been modified in places to allow parallel reading.
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General Information

Work Title Teseo
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Θησέας (όπερα του Χαίντελ)
Name Aliases Theseus
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176445078; LCCN: no2003005458; GND: 300327226; BNF: 139137109
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 9
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 497
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1712-12-19
First Performance. 1713-1-10 in London, Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket [more...]
Teseo: Valeriano Pellegrini, called "Valeriano" (soprano-castrato)
Agilea: Francesca Margherita de l'Épine, called "La Margherita" (soprano)
Medea: Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, called "Pilotti" (soprano)
Egeo: Valentino Urbani, called "Valentini" (alto-castrato)
Clizia: Maria Gallia (soprano)
Arcane: Jane Barbier (contralto)
Priest of Minerva: Richard Leveridge (bass)
Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym (1678–1729), after Philippe Quinault (1635–1688) [1675]
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
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Voices
Teseo [Theseus] (soprano castrato)
King Egeo [Aegeus] (alto castrato)
Princess Agilea (soprano)
Clizia (soprano)
Arcane (contralto)
Medea (soprano)
Priest of the goddess Minerva (bass)

Orchestra

2 oboes, strings, continuo
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