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George Frideric Handel: George Handel
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Handel's operas Floridante, Ottone, and Flavio marked the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of the Royal Academy; despite their success the academy did not prosper. In 1724, to make up for the disastrous failure of Ariosti's opera Vespasiano, Handel very speedily brought Giulio Cesareto the boards, which had a resounding success. Bononcini was dismissed shortly before the production of Handel's Tamerlano in 1724, and Ariosti found himself without an engagement in 1725, the year for which Handel produced Rodelinda, another of his most successful operas.
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[NOTE: Handel adopted the spelling "George Frideric Handel" on his naturalization as a British citizen. To this day Handel, a cosmopolitan crosser-of-borders, is the plaything of petty European nationalisms: the French spell his name "Haendel", the Germans "H�ndel", and the British and Americans "Handel". They are all correct, but cause no small grief to cataloguers everywhere.]
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Little George Frideric for the first time in two years would be able to hear the full volume of his spinet. He was excited. He poised his hands over the keyboard. What should he play first? He wiggled his slender fingers. What would be his first selection?
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Handel's propensity to "write like the very devil" proved invaluable, in view of the demands imposed upon his time and energies in opera composition throughout most of his career. Time after time he found it necessary to meet crises without much time for creative gestation.
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Full score in manuscript of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt, written in at least 2 different scribal hands. Probably in the hand of Copyist S6 (Larsen) for the first 37 p. and in the hand of Copyist S10 (Larsen) for the remainder, dated 1738. Together with an 18th-century copy of the original trombone parts for Israel in Egypt (p. 261-276) laid in at back. 1 v. (276 p.).
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David Alden's 1993 production of Handel's masterpiece won incredible acclaim, and this 1996 revival offers many of the same cast members. The story is set in 1735 when the daughter of the king of Scotland is accused of having an affair while she awaits to be married. Ann Murray and Christopher Robson are featured in the English National Opera cast. 178 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby 5.1.
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