Radamisto (HWV 12) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on L'amor tirannico, o Zenobia by Domenico Lalli and Zenobia by Matteo Noris. It was Handel's first opera for the Royal Academy of Music. The opera's plot is loosely based on incidents from Tacitus's Annals of Imperial Rome.
Librettist | Nicola Francesco Haym (or Matteo Noris), after Domenico Lalli's "L'amor tirannico, o Zenobia" |
Date of composition | 1720 |
Premiered | 1720, April 27th (King's Theatre in the Haymarket) in London, UK |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | HWV 12 |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice (Castrato)
- Radamisto, son of Farasmane
Voice (Soprano) - Zenobia, Radamisto's wife Voice (Soprano) - Polissena, Tiridate's wife, daughter of Farasmane Voice (Bass) - Tiridate, King of Armenia Voice (Bass) - Farasmane, King of Thrace Voice (Castrato) - Tigrane, Prince of Pontus Voice (Soprano) - Fraarte, brother of Tiridate Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Radamisto, HWV 12 Georg Friedrich Händel: Radamisto, HWV 12 Georg Friedrich Händel: Radamisto, HWV 12 |