Handel Ariodante HWV 33 -Opera in three acts- Shop Now

Editor: Burrows, Donald

Arranger: Köhs, Andreas

Orchestral scoring: 2SSolo/MezSolo/ASolo/TSolo/BSolo/Ch/Orch

Language(s) of work: D/I

Product format: vocal score, Urtext edition

Binding: Paperback

Pages / Format: XV, 235- 27,0 x 19,0 cm

„Ariodante” was the firstwork which Handel composed for the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden after his contract with the King’s Theatre, Haymarket ran out in mid-1734. “
„Ariodante” stands outamongst Handel’s opera works by means of its combination of excellent andchallenging musiccoupled with a first-class plot. There is probably no other Handel opera whichcontains such awealth of striking and catchy arias as are found in the first act of “Ariodante ” alone. The threewide-ranging arias composed for the castratoCarestiniare amongst the greatest bravura pieces.

The plot is based on an episode in Ariosto’s epic “Orlandofurioso ” (1516). The central event ofthe drama, the trick with which DukePolinessoconvinces his commanderAriodantethatGinevrais unfaithful, was also used by Shakespeare in “Much AdoAboutNothing”.

The vocal score is based on Donald Burrows’ 2007 Urtext edition in the “Halle Handel” Edition (Series II/32). It therefore reflects the latest in musicological research.

– Based on theUrtextof the HalleHandel Edition
– Straightforward and easy-to-play piano reduction
– Original Italian text with German singing translation