Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1732-02-04
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 7 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 trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

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Synthesized/MIDI

Prelude (Act II, Scene 14)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#438667 - 2.23MB - 2:26 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 47×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/9/10)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
Copyright
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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 Score
#19060 - 24.33MB, 126 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2829×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 81
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1880. Plate H.W. 81.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Ouverture

 Complete Score
#108326 - 2.85MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 326×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/7)

Copyist Copyist S-Dl-061
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1732-55).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-76
Schrank II coll.
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Vocal Scores

Selections

 Aria: Rend'il sereno al ciglio
#448345 - 0.39MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 80×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2016/11/20)

Arranger Thomas Greatorex (1758–1831)
Language English
Publisher. Info. London: Royal Harmonic Institution, n.d. Plate 999.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes 'Lord Remember David', from Samuel Arnold's pastiche oratorio 'Redemption' (music by Handel). Librettist: James Nield
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act II, Scene 14)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#438665 - 0.21MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 176×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/10)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#438666 - 0.54MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 99×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/10)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1732)
#761357 - 0.20MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 126×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/1/31)

 Italian text (1732)
#769217 - 0.17MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 60×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1732)
#769218 - 0.18MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 50×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/3/10)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The 1732 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more precise transcripts for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Sosarme, re di Media
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Sosarme; Σωσάρμης
Name Aliases Dionisio Re di Portogallo; Dionisio re di Portugallo; Fernando, Re di Castiglia
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176477167; LCCN: no2007145228; GND: 300868707; BNF: 139131292
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 30
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 456
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1732-02-04
First Performance. 1732-02-15 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Sosarme : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
  • Haliate : Giovanni Battista Pinacci (tenor)
  • Elmira : Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
  • Erenice : Anna Bagnolesi (contralto)
  • Argone : Antonio Gualandi, called "Campioli" (alto-castrato)
  • Melo : Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
  • Altomaro : Antonio Montagnana (bass)
Librettist Unknown, after Antonio Salvi, 1707
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
Cast
Sosarme, King of Media (alto castrato)
Erenice, wife of Haliate (contralto)
Argone, illegitimate son of Haliate (alto castrato)
Melo, son and heir of Haliate (contralto)
Altomaro, counsellor to Sosarme (bass)
Elmira, daughter of Haliate and beloved of Sosarme (soprano)
Haliate, King of Lydia (tenor)
Orchestra
2 oboes, [bassoon], 2 horns, 2 trumpets, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
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