Handel: Rodelinda, Regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Editor: Andrew V. Jones Instrumentation: Opera Work: Rodelinda, Regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19 Binding: Work Languages: German, Italian ISMN: 9790006505395 Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches Pages: 303 Urtext / Critical Edition Description After Giulio Cesare and Tamerlano, Rodelinda is the third masterly opera that Handel composed between December 1723 and January 1725. The words were written by Nicola Haym, the author of many other Handel librettos. The first performance took place at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London , on 13 February 1725. Rodelinda thrives entirely on the ethical supremacy of conjugal love, and thus prefigures the great operas by Gluck and Beethoven on the same subject. The plot is taken from the history of the Lombard royalty. Oskar Hagen's revival of Rodelinda in 1920 ushered in the modern Handel opera movement. The work forms the climax to a series of dramatic masterpieces that includes Handel's mos