Six operas

Main Author: Ha?ndel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Corporate Author: Complesso barocco
Other Authors: Curtis, Alan
Format: Book
Language:Italian
Published: [s. l.]: EMI Records/Virgin Classics, 2009
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Rodrigo recorded July 1997, Basilica dellʹOsservanza, Siena, Italy ; Radamisto recorded Sept. 14-26, 2003, Palazzo Doria Pamphili, San Martino al Cimino (Viterbo), Italy ; Admeto recorded May 23-29, 1977, Menonitenkirche, Haarlem, Netherlands ; Fernando recorded Apr. 20-28, 2005, Tonhalle, St. Gallen, Switzerland ; Arminio recorded July 2000, Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena, Italy ; Deidamia recorded July 2002, Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena, Italy.
"Handel 2009, 250th anniversary. Il Complesso Barocco, 30th anniversary."
Production notes in accompanying booklet (35 p.). Program notes on each opera by Anthony Hicks, Winton Dean, David Vickers, Donna Leon, and Alan Curtis, and synopses, in English with French and German translations, and libretti with English translation on accompanying CD-ROM as secured PDF files.
Libretti authors: Rodrigo: Francesco Silvani. Radamisto: Adapted (probably by Nicola Francesca Haym) from Domenico Lalliʹs Lʹamor tirannico. Admeto: Nicola Francesca Haym or Paolo Antonio Rolli, after LʹAntigona delusa da Alceste by Aurelio Aureli. Fernando: Adapted (possibly by Paolo Antonio Rolli) from Antonio Salviʹs Dionisio, Re di Portogallo. Arminio: Antonio Salvi. Deidamia: Paolo Antonio Rolli.
Physical Description:15 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM +