Riccardo I, ré d'Inghilterra, HWV 23 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 3 Acts Composition Year 1727-5-16 Genre Categories Opera seria; Stage Works; Operas; For 5 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language

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Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 74.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1877. Plate H.W. 74.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 23
Movements/Sections	3 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1727-5-16
First Performance	1727-11-11: London, King's Theatre: Riccardo I : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato) Costanza : Francesca Cuzzoni (soprano) Pulcheria : Faustina Bordoni (soprano) Oronte : Antonio Baldi (alto-castrato) Berardo : Giovanni Battista Palmerini (bass) Isacio : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass)
Librettist	Paolo Antonio Rolli, after Francesco Briani, 1710
Language	Italian
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	2 Sopranos, 2 altos, 2 basses, orchestra
External Links	Library of Congress

Misc. Comments

• Originally, the part of the Bohemian prince Corrado (an ally of Richard I) was slated for the contralto Anna Dotti. However, due to a postponement of the opera until the next season, the role of Corrado had to be removed as Dotti was no longer a member of the opera company.