Imeneo HWV 41
Dramma per musica in three Acts
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SKU: BA.BA04072
Dramma per musica in three Acts. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Donald Burrows. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Halle Handel Edition (HHA) Series II, Volume 40. Complete edition, Score. HWV 41. Duration 2 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04072. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04072).ISBN 9790006497874. 33 x 26.1 cm inches.
Imeneo was premièred at Lincoln ’s Inn Field in London on 22 November 1740 and given a second performance on 13 December of the same year. Unlike the varied events and convoluted action otherwise typical of opera seria , it has an uncomplicated plot line with a clear dramatic structure and excellent music. The arranger of the libretto is unknown.
Handel wrote this opera for his final season in London , but he also revived it in Dublin on 24 and 31 March 1742 as a “ serenata ”. For this revival, presumably a concert performance, he altered the 1740 score. The alterations are listed in the appendix to the vocal score.
Our vocal score is based on the Urtext of the full score published in the Halle Handel Edition.
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