Admeto, HWV 22 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1726
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language; For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr); For organ (arr); For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Aria: 'Cangio d’aspetto' (Act I, Sc.6)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#436756 - 2.29MB - 2:30 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 209×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/26)

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
#19035 - 28.22MB, 142 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4965×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

 Complete Score
#1022287 - 8.20MB, 132 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 0×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2026/3/4)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 73
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1877. Plate H.W. 73.
Copyright
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Parts

Overture, Act I

 Complete Parts
#108180 - 19.96MB, 76 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 561×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/5)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (ca.1706–1773)
Johann Gottlieb Morgenstern (1687–1763)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1725-35).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-29
Includes 5 movements from Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:D3 by Telemann
Schrank II coll.
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Overture, Act II

 Complete Parts
#108181 - 8.31MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 293×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1731-50).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-77
Includes anonymous movements after the ouverture. Schrank II coll.
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Vocal Scores

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 Aria: Io ti bacio
#879763 - 4.44MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2023/10/12)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 2254
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 Aria: Luci care
#145637 - 0.37MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1269×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/3)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.I (pp.45-50)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1085-6.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouvertures to Act 1 and 2

For Harpsichord

Addfilenum[1]

See: 65 Keyboard Pieces, D-Dl Mus.1-T-6


Aria: Cangio d’aspetto (Act I, Sc.6)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#436754 - 0.19MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 519×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/26)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#436755 - 0.53MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 175×⇩ - Michrond

ZIP typeset by arranger
Michrond (2016/8/26)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
#474502 - 0.29MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 89×⇩ - Keanur

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Keanur (2017/6/4)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.348-52)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Aria: Si l'arco avessi i strali (Act I, Sc.9)

For 4 Recorders (Rowlands)

 Complete Score and Parts
#922661 - 17.06MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 155×⇩ - Dave Rowlands

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Dave Rowlands (2024/7/13)

Arranger David Ian Rowlands (b. 1957)
Publisher. Info. David Ian Rowlands
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Misc. Notes Recorders in SATB.
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1727)
#757628 - 0.24MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 176×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1727)
#767855 - 0.18MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 68×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1727)
#767857 - 0.22MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 86×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1727 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

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

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Other

Selections

 Aria: Si caro, si (Act III, Sc.11) - Extract
#530185 - 4.69MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - Feduol

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 Aria: Si caro, si (Act III, Sc.11) - Extract
#530186 - 0.21MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30×⇩ - Feduol

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 Aria: Si caro, si (Act III, Sc.11) - Extract (detail)
#530187 - 0.18MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2018/7/3)

Arranger Anonymous
Copyist Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765)
Publisher. Info. The Grand Turk Giving a Concert to his Mistress
Oil on canvas, 1737.
Copyright
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Lyrics (1)

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General Information

Work Title Admeto
Alternative. Title Admeto, rè di Tessaglia ; Admetus, King of Thessaly
Name Translations Άδμητος (Χαίντελ); Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Адмет
Name Aliases Άδμητος (όπερα); Admeto (re di Tessaglia)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185965514; LCCN: n00076510; GND: 300064012; BNF: 139131261
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 22
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 5
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1726
First Performance. 1727-1-31 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (Admeto)
Faustina Bordoni (Alceste)
Francesca Cuzzoni (Antigona)
Giuseppe Maria Boschi (Ercole)
Anna Dotti (Orindo)
Antonio Baldi (Trasimede)
Giovanni Battista Palmerini (Meraspe)
Librettist Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro (1634–1725)
Aurelio Aureli (1652–1708)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Alceste (soprano)
Antigona (soprano)
Admeto (alto-castrato)
Ercole (bass)
Trasimede (alto-castrato)
Orindo (contralto)
Meraspe (baritone)
Apollo (bass)
A voice (baritone)

Orchestra

flute, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings (3 violins), continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
Libretto
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