Siroe, re di Persia (Hasse, Johann Adolph)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 Acts (each with 17, 15, 14 scenes)
First Publication 1736 – London: Charles Bennet (libretto and "favorite songs", only)
1763 – Warsaw (Varsovie): M. Groell (vocal score? - 2nd version.)
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 6 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Librettos; Writings; Italian language; For keyboard (arr); Scores featuring keyboard soloists (arr)

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete (1733 Version)

 Complete Score
#290429 - 66.66MB, 512 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 881×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Act I
#347244 - 26.62MB, 212 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 256×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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 Act II
#347245 - 22.28MB, 166 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 136×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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 Act III
#347246 - 17.73MB, 134 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 149×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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Tito Manlio (2014/10/8)

Copyist Copyist A from Munich court
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1745).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2477-F-16
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 Complete Score
#863566 - 25.79MB, 492 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2023/7/8)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS 17256
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Selections (1733 Version)

 Sinfonia
#323100 - 2.76MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 132×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2014/4/24)

Copyist Johann Gottlieb Morgenstern (1687-1763)
Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d. (1734)
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
RISM 270000694
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 Act II, Sc.3. Aria of Siroe: Spesso tra vaghe rose
#255018 - 0.20MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1916×⇩ - Kingfisher

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Kingfisher (2012/10/18)

 Act III, Sc.4. Aria of Emira: Che furia, che mostro
#251056 - 0.18MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 890×⇩ - Kingfisher

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Kingfisher (2012/9/18)

Editor Kingfisher
Publisher. Info. Kingfisher
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Source: Manuscript score in Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien, HS 17256. - Facsimile edition: Italian Opera 1640-1770, Garland 1977. - The score has no pagination.
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Selections (1763 Version)

 Sinfonia & Arias of Act I
#440126 - 87.04MB, 106 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 69×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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 Arias of Act II
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 Arias of Act III
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1763-99).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Bibliothèque (B-Bc): 15000
This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
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Vocal Scores

Aria: Se l'amor tuo mi rendi

 Complete Score
#670994 - 1.73MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2021/1/19)

Publisher. Info. Musicalisches Magazin, No.3
Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1765.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Sinfonia

For Keyboard

 Complete Score
#670995 - 3.49MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2021/1/19)

Arranger unidentified arranger
Editor Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (1719–1794)
Publisher. Info. Musicalisches Magazin, No.3
Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1765.
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For Keyboard solo

 Complete Score
#785465 - 0.18MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 81×⇩ - Kot Bayanov

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Kot Bayanov (2022/5/29)

Arranger unidentified arranger
Editor Igor Zatsepin (b. 1958)
Publisher. Info. Igor Zatsepin
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes based on the publication: "Musicalisches Magazin", No. 3, p.p. 63-68, Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1765
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Libretti

 Complete Libretto (1733 Version)
#373560 - 33.78MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 108×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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Publisher. Info. Bologna: Clemente Maria Sassi [1733].
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milan (I-Mb): Racc.dramm.4272
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General Information

Work Title Siroe re di Persia
Alternative. Title Dramma per musica in tre atti
Composer Hasse, Johann Adolph
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJH 95
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 Acts (each with 17, 15, 14 scenes)
First Performance. 1733-05-02 in Bologna, Teatro Malvezzi A
1763-08-03 in Dresden, Hofoper (Opernhaus am Zwinger) B
First Publication. 1736 – London: Charles Bennet (libretto and "favorite songs", only)
1763 – Warsaw (Varsovie): M. Groell (vocal score? - 2nd version.)
Librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation see below

1733 Version A

Cast
Cosroe (tenor)
Siroe (soprano)
Medarse (soprano)
Emira (alto)
Laodice (soprano)
Arasse (alto)
Mixed Chorus (SAT)
Orchestra
2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, continuo

1763 Version B

Cast
Cosroe (tenor)
Siroe (soprano)
Medarse (soprano)
Emira (alto)
Laodice (soprano)
Arasse (soprano)
Mixed Chorus (SAT)
Orchestra
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, continuo
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information The following items were used in the 1735 pasticcio Bajazet, RV 703, by Vivaldi
  1. Vedeste mai sul prato
  2. La sorte mia spietata
  3. Spesso tra vaghe rose

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Operas and other stage works by Johann Adolph Hasse


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