Amadigi di Gaula (HWV 11) is a "magic" opera in three acts, with music by George Frideric Handel. It was the fifth Italian opera that Handel wrote for London and was composed during his stay at Burlington House in 1715. It is based on Amadis de Grèce, a French tragédie-lyrique by André Cardinal Destouches and Antoine Houdar de la Motte. Charles Burney maintained near the end of the eighteenth century, Amadigi contained "...more invention, variety and good composition, than in any one of the musical dramas of Handel which I have yet carefully and critically examined.”
| Librettist | Giacomo Rossi (or Nicola Francesco Haym Haym), after Antoine Houdar de la Motte's "Amadis de Grèce", 1699 |
| Date of composition | 1715 |
| Premiered | 1715, May 25th (King's Theatre in the Haymarket) in London, UK |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | HWV 11 |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Castrato)
- Amadigi
Voice (Soprano) - Oriana Voice (Soprano) - Melissa Voice (Contralto) - Dardano Voice (Soprano) - Orgando Orchestra |
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Georg Friedrich Haendel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 Georg Friedrich Händel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 Georg Friedrich Händel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 |