Handel’s very first oratorio, composed in spring 1707, to an Italian-language libretto by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili. Time and Disillusion are personified (thus spelled with an initial capital even in Italian). Comprising two sections, the oratorio was premiered that summer in Rome. One of its famous arias is Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose), later recast as Lascia ch’io pianga (Leave Me to Weep) in the opera Rinaldo.
Librettist | Benedetto Pamphili |
Date of composition | 1707 (Spring 1707) |
Type | Oratorio |
Catalogue | HWV 46a |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Tenor) - Tempo Voice (Castrato) - Piacere Voice (Contralto) - Disinganno Voice (Soprano) - Bellezza |
Autotranslations beta |
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a Georg Friedrich Händel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a Georg Friedrich Händel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a |