Muzio Scevola ("Mucius Scaevola", HWV 13) is an opera seria in three acts about Gaius Mucius Scaevola. The Italian-language libretto was by Paolo Antonio Rolli, adapted from a text by Silvio Stampiglia. The music for the first act was composed by Filippo Amadei (family name sometimes given as Mattei ), the second act by Giovanni Bononcini, and the third by George Frideric Handel. Collaborations of groups of composers were common in the 18th century, though this is the only one done in London. Bononcini had written the music for two earlier treatments of this story on his own, works dating from 1695 and 1710.
Librettist | Paolo Antonio Rolli, adapted from a text by Silvio Stampiglia |
Date of composition | 1721 (The music for the first act was composed by Filippo Amadei, the second act by Giovanni Bononcini, and the third by George Frideric Handel.) |
Premiered | 1721, April 15th (King's Theatre in the Haymarket) in London, UK |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | HWV 13 |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Fidalma
Voice (Soprano) - Clelia (Cloelia) Voice (Soprano) - Tarquinio (Lucius Tarquinius) Voice (Contralto) - Irene, daughter of Porsena Voice (Castrato) - Orazio (Horatius Cocles) Voice (Castrato) - Muzio Scevola Voice (Bass) - Porsena, King of Etruria Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Muzio Scevola, HWV 13 Georg Friedrich Händel: Muzio Scevola, HWV 13 Georg Friedrich Händel: Muzio Scevola, HWV 13 |