2 alto voice solos, 2 soprano voice solos, 2 bass voice solos, orchestra (2 Alto...(+)
2 alto voice solos, 2
soprano voice solos, 2
bass voice solos,
orchestra (2 Alto Voice
Solos, 2 soprano voice
solos, 2 bass voice
solos, Orchestra)
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BA.BA04081
Opera
in three acts.
Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Edited
by Terence Best. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Serie II
Band 20. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 23.
Duration 3 hours.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04081_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04081).
ISBN
9790006497782. 33 x 25.8
cm inches.
In his
libretto for “
Riccardo primoâ€,
Paolo Rolli drew on
Antonio Lotti’s
opera “ Isacio
tiranno †which had
been performed in Venice
in 1710. Handel needed a
text with two great
women’s roles, for
the two best female
singers of the day were
members of his troupe
– Francesca
Cuzzoni and Faustina
Bordoni . He had already
written the operas
“Alessandroâ€
and “ Admeto
†for them. He
began composing “
Riccardo †in
spring 1727, completing
the first version on 16
May.
However,
following the death of
King George I on 11 June
1727, the theatres
remained closed. For
Handel, who had become a
British citizen in
February 1727, the
accession of George II to
the throne offered new
possibilities, and he
embarked on a revision of
the opera. With this, he
was able to offer a new
opera for the coronation
festivities, the hero of
which was one of King
George’s
charismatic
forebears.
From May
onwards, Handel
thoroughly revised the
present score, wrote some
parts anew and expanded
it with particularly
splendid music. Handel
and Rolli also improved
the plot and introduced
patriotic elements to
honour the British
monarchy.
The
historic background is
the third crusade against
Saladin, the Sultan of
Egypt and Syria , who had
recaptured Jerusalem in
1187. Although King
Richard I captured Cyprus
and together with French
crusaders stormed the
fortress of Akko in the
Holy Land, the crusade
ended with a ceasefire
and Jerusalem remained in
Saladin’s hands.
Richard was given the
title
‘Coeur-de-lionâ€
¹â€™ by the English
for his great military
ability and bravery,
although the Sicilians
had first given him this
name because of his
relentless cruelty in
clashes around Messina
.
The vocal
score is based on the
Halle Handel Edition
volume published in 2005,
edited by Terence Best,
and contains the second
version of the opera
which was premiered in
November 1727.
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