Arminio HWV 36
Opera in three acts
by George Frideric Handel
Bassoon - Sheet Music

2 soprano voice solos, mezzo-soprano voice solo, 2 alto voice solos, tenor voice solo, bass voice solo, piano (2 Soprano Voice Solo, Mezzo-Soprano Voice Solo, 2 Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, 2 recorder, 2 Ob, 2 Hn, 3V, Va, Bassi(Vc, double bass, bassoon, Lt-Ba, harpisc.))

SKU: BA.BA04100-90

Opera in three acts. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Michael Pacholke. Arranged by Andreas Kohs. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Vocal Score. HWV 36. Duration 45 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04100-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04100-90).

ISBN 9790006542802. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: Italian, German. Preface: Stephan Blaut. Text: Antonio Salvi.

Antonio Salvi's"Arminio"is one of the best-loved operatic librettos of the Baroque period.

Against the historical background of the so-called"Battle of the Teutoburg Forest"in 9 AD in which the Cherusci leader Arminius as"Liberator of Germany"(Tacitus) inflicted a devastating defeat on the Romans, Handel's opera, first performed in 1737, is about the disputes between the Chatti and the Cherusci. Arminius has married the daughter of his arch-enemy Segestes. When he is imprisoned, Segestes, who has conspired with the Romans, sees his opportunity for revenge.