Deidamia, HWV 42 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 3 Acts Composition Year 1740 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For 6 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (2)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#19088 - 29.74MB, 154 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1535x⇩

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 94.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1885. Plate H.W. 94.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Vocal Scores

Complete Opera

 Complete Score
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Massenetique (2012/4/27)

Editor:

Rudolf Steglich (1886-1976)

Publisher Info.:

Kassel: Bärenreiter, n.d.(ca.1940).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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Aria: Nel riposo e nel contento

 Complete Score
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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, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1137-5.

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General Information

Work Title	Deidamia
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 42
Movements/Sections	3 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1740
First Performance	1741-1-10 London: Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre Deidamia : Elisabeth Duparc, called "La Francesina" (soprano) Nerea : Maria Monza (soprano) Achille : Miss Edwards (soprano) Ulisse : Giovanni Battista Andreoni (alto-castrato) Fenice : William Savage (bass) Lycomede : Henry Theodore Reinhold (bass)
Librettist	Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687-1765)
Language	Italian
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists (3 sopranos, alto, 2 basses), Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

• Acts I and II composed 27 October - 7 November 1740, Act III composed 14 - 20 November 1740.
• The second performance on 10 February 1741 was the last performance of a Handel opera under the composer's direction.