Poro, re dell'Indie, HWV 28 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1731-01-16 (end date)
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 6 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

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Synthesized/MIDI

3 Sinfonias

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#438119 - 3.75MB - 4:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 58×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/7)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#19057 - 24.93MB, 132 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2684×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 79
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1880. Plate H.W. 79.
Copyright
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Selections

 Arias (Fragment)
#268902 - 7.02MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 402×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2013/2/8)

Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.[1731].
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Overture

 Complete Score
#194818 - 3.06MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 679×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2012/3/30)

Editor Mario Bolognani
Publisher. Info. Rome: Baroquemusic.it, 2011.
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
#108323 - 8.70MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 166×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/7)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (c.1706–1773)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1731-55).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-36
Schrank II coll.
Contains flute parts not in Handel's original.
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 Flute 1
#194819 - 0.22MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 218×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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⇒ 8 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Bassoon • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Flute 2
#194820 - 0.22MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 164×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Oboe 1
#194821 - 0.21MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 183×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Oboe 2
#194822 - 0.21MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 154×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Bassoon
#194823 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 152×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Violins I
#194824 - 0.23MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 243×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Violins II
#194825 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 162×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Violas
#194826 - 0.16MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 163×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Cellos/Basses
#194827 - 0.23MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 183×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2012/3/30)

Editor Mario Bolognani
Publisher. Info. Rome: Baroquemusic.it, 2011.
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Vocal Scores

Aria: È prezzo leggiero

 Complete Score
#147716 - 0.37MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 635×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1126-7.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
#491830 - 0.21MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29×⇩ - Keanur

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Keanur (2017/9/5)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.3 (pp.768-771)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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3 Sinfonias

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#438117 - 0.24MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 151×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#438118 - 0.59MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 64×⇩ - Michrond

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Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1731)
#761355 - 0.23MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 148×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian pages
#767883 - 0.16MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 67×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English pages
#767884 - 0.21MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 45×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1731 Audience wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

Extra arias Handel wrote for a revival later in the same year have been added. The separate language pages are more exact transcriptions for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Poro, re dell'Indie
Alternative. Title Porus ; King of the Indians
Name Translations Poro; Poro, Re dell'Indie; Poro, re delle Indie; Πώρος (όπερα του Χαίντελ)
Name Aliases Alessandro nell'Indie; Alejandro en la India; Poro, rey de la India; Poro Re dell'Indie; Poro, re dell’Indie
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185292317; LCCN: no95016661; GND: 300065477; BNF: 13924300b
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 28
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 396
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1731-01-16 (end date)
First Performance. 1731-02-02 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Poro : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
  • Cleofide : Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
  • Erissena : Antonia Maria Merighi (contralto)
  • Gandarte : Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
  • Alessandro : Annibale Pio Fabri, called "Balino" (tenor)
  • Timagene : Giovanni Giuseppe Commano (bass)
Librettist Adapted from Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782), Alessandro nell'Indie, 1729.
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Poro, King of Pakistani region (alto castrato)
Cleofide, Poro's wife (soprano)
Erissena, Poro's sister (contralto)
Gandarte, Erissena's lover (contralto)
Alessandro, King of Macedonia (tenor)
Timagene, Alexander's general (bass)

Orchestra

2 recorders, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon
2 horns, trumpet, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
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