Handel's Operas, 1726-1741

by Winton Dean

Book Overview

Detailed overview of Handel's final 22 operas - including major masterpieces such as Orlando, Ariodante and Alcina and the brilliant lighter works Partenope, Serse and Imeneo - by the world's leading authority.

Handel ranks with Monteverdi, Mozart and Verdi among the supreme masters of opera, yet between 1754 (when Handel was still living) and 1920 not one of his operas was performed anywhere. Their revival in the modern theatre has beenamong...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843832682
• ISBN13: 9781843832683
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 602 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"