Handel: Siroe, Re di Persia, HWV 24
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Editor: Phillip Schmidt Format: Full Score – Complete Edition Instrumentation: Opera Work: Siroe, Re di Persia, HWV 24 Binding: Hardcover ISMN: 9790006550333 Size: 10.2 x 13.0 inches Pages: 280 Description George Frideric Handel's "Siroe, Re di Persia", HWV 24, was premiered on February 17, 1728 at the King's Theatre in London's Haymarket. with Francesca Cuzzoni, Faustina Bordoni and Francesco Bernardi, known as Senesino, the composer had top-class vocal soloists famous throughout Europe at his disposal for no fewer than 17 consecutive performances. However, Handel's opera was not an outstanding success due to the strong competition from the "Beggar's Opera" presented in London at the same time. The libretto for "Siroe" goes back to Pietro Metastasio and was very well-known and popular at the time, so that various settings of the subject matter, among others by Leonardo Vinci, Nicola Porpora and Johann Adolph Hasse, have b