Handel and the Opera Seria |
Contents
The Opera Seria Convention | 1 |
Handels Solution | 17 |
Handels Operatic Career | 25 |
Copyright | |
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accompanied recitative Admeto Agrippina Alcina Alessandro alto Amadigi Arianna Ariodante arioso Arsamene Asteria audience Bajazet ballet bars bass Bassi beginning capo aria castrato characters chorus climax composer continuo coro curtain da capo aria Deidamia dramatic duet emotional episodes example exit Ezio flat minor Flavio flute Giulio Cesare Giustino Handel Handel wrote Handel's operas hero heroic operas Imeneo instruments Italian Largo later operas librettist libretto London Lotario lovers magic operas major Medoro melody Metastasio modern movements Mozart obbligato oboes octave opera seria opera seria convention oratorios orchestra Orlando Ottone Partenope Pastor Fido piece plot Poppea Poro Radamisto revivals rhythm Riccardo Primo Rinaldo ritornello Rodelinda Romilda Rosmira Royal Academy Ruggiero scene score secco Serse Silla singers sings solo sometimes soprano Sosarme stage strings sung Tamerlano tempo tenor Teseo texture theater tion Tolomeo tonality tragic trumpets Viola Violino vocal voice whole