Floridante
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Almira (1705) |
Floridante (HWV 14) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was by Paolo Antonio Rolli after Francesco Silvani's La costanza in trionfo.
The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 9 December 1721 and again with revisions on 4 December 1722. It was revived in 1727 and 1733 and also performed in Hamburg. The next staging, and the first modern performance, took place at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon on 10 May 1962.[1]
The manuscript of the final chorus from the opera was discovered in the 1930s, and filled out the autograph manuscript in the Royal collection at the British Museum.[2]
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, December 9, 1721 (Conductor: - ) |
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| Floridante, Prince of Thrace | alto castrato | Senesino |
| Oronte, King of Persia | bass | Giuseppe Maria Boschi |
| Timante, Prince of Tyre | soprano castrato | Berselli |
| Rossane, Oronte's daughter | soprano | Maddalena Salvai |
| Elmira | alto | Anastasia Robinson |
| Coralbo, Persian satrap | bass |
[edit] Selected recordings
- Floridante - Sharon Rostorf-Zamir (Rossane), Roberta Invernizzi (Timante), Joyce DiDonato (Elmira), Marijana Mijanovic (Floridante), Riccardo Novaro (Coralbo), Vito Priante (Oronte), Il complesso barocco, c. Alan Curtis. Deutsche Grammophon 289 477 6566.[3]
- Floridante - Katalin Farkas (Rossane), Mária Zádori (Timante), Anette Markert (Elmira), Drew Minter (Floridante), József Moldvay (Coralbo), István Gáti (Oronte), Capella Savaria, c. Nicholas McGegan. Hungaroton.
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Dean, Winton & Knapp, J. Merrill (1987), Handel's Operas, 1704-1726, Clarendon Press, ISBN 0193152193 The first of the two volume definitive reference on the operas of Handel
- Floridante by Anthony Hicks, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
