The first performance might have been on 2 June 1713. A dedication from the librettist, Rossi, to the French ambassador, the Duc d'Aumont, appears with that date in a printed copy of the libretto. There may have been a private performance at the Queen's Theatre, London. However according to the Amadeus Almanac, the performance took place at Burlington House. The opera has been performed in modern times, for instance at the London Handel Festival in 2000 and at the Handel Festival, Halle in 2015.
Librettist | Giacomo Rossi, after Plutarch's Life of Sulla |
Date of composition | 1713 (April-May 1713) |
Premiered | 1713, June 2nd |
Dedicated to | Libretto dedicated to the Duke D'Aumont |
Type | Opera Seria |
Catalogue | HWV 10 |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice (Castrato)
- Silla, Roman dictator
Voice (Soprano) - Metella, Silla's wife Voice (Castrato) - Lepido, tribune Voice (Soprano) - Flavia, Lepido's wife Voice (Contralto) - Claudio, senator, Celia's lover Voice (Soprano) - Celia, Catulus' daughter Voice (Bass) - The god Mars Silent Role - Scabro Orchestra |
Links | |
Autotranslations beta |
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Silla, HWV 10 Georg Friedrich Händel: Silla, HWV 10 Georg Friedrich Händel: Silla, HWV 10 |