Alcina, HWV 34 (Handel, George Frideric)

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G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 86.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1868. Plate H.W. 86.

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Work Title Alcina
Alternative Title
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number HWV 34
Number of Movements/Sections 3 acts
Year/Date of Composition 1735
Librettist Riccardo Broschi (ca.1698–1756)
Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533)
Language Italian; German
Genre Opera
Piece Style Baroque
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Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an anonymous libretto after Cantos VI and VII of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, adapted from the libretto for Riccardo Broschi’s L’isola di Alcina (1728, Rome); [First performance:] London, Covent Garden Theatre, 16 April 1735 (Source: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera)

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