Arminio (HWV 36) (Vocal Score)

Handel, George Frideric

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Handel Arminio (HWV 36) (Vocal Score)

- Also available hardback full score BA 4100

- Performance material available for hire

- Urtext edition based on the Halle Handel Edition

- Libretto in Italian with singable German translation

- Comprehensive foreword (Ger/Eng) with important information on the history of the libretto as well as on the genesis and the performance history of the work.  A detailed resume of the plot is also contained.

- Extensive appendix with richly ornamented versions of two arias

- Straight-forward piano reduction

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.

Pacholke, Michael
BA4100-90
9790006542802
Baerenreiter Germany
Accompanied
Soprano solo (2), Mezzo-soprano solo, Alto solo (2), Tenor solo, Bass solo, Recorder (2), Oboe (2), Horn (2), Violin (3), Viola, Basses (Violoncello, Double bass, Bassoon, Baroque lute, Harpsichord)

Additional Information

Baroque Period
Mixed Voices
German, Italian