4 soprano voice solos, tenor voice solo, alto voice solo, orchestra (4 Soprano V...(+)
4 soprano voice solos,
tenor voice solo, alto
voice solo, orchestra (4
Soprano Voice Solo, Tenor
Voice Solo, Alto Voice
Solo, Orchestra)
SKU:
BA.BA04083
Opera
in three acts.
Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Edited
by Rainer Heyink. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Serie II
Band 2. Complete edition,
Score. HWV 5.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04083_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04083).
ISBN
9790006497768. 33 x 25.5
cm
inches.
“Rodr
igo†was premiered
in autumn 1707 in
Florence and is therefore
one of Handel’s
early stage works. The
composer, only 22 years
old, wrote a
densely-woven musical
scenario for his first
opera composed in Italy
.
It masterfully
portrays the dramatic
states of mind of the
protagonists surrounding
the Iberian tyrant
Rodrigo and the plot full
of deception, betrayal ,
adultery, war as well as
the transformation
wrought by
Rodrigo’s
abdication. The work was
not, as was long thought,
a commission from the
Prince of Medici. Despite
this, “
Rodrigo†seems to
have been so popular that
Handel extended his stay
in Italy and was able to
compose several operas
during the following
period. In “
Rodrigo†, the
mastery which made
Handel’s
succeeding opera “
Agrippina†such a
success, is already
clearly evident .
“ Agrippinaâ€
consequently made
Handel’s name
famous throughout Europe
and soon led to his first
journey to London .
The new vocal score
is based on Volume II/2
of the “Halle
Handel Edition†(BA
4083). The appendix
contains the surviving
variants in the versions
of the first performances
from Handel’s
lifetime.
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