Opera in 3 acts; Also available for sale full score (BA4079) and performance material for hire.
'Ariodante” was the first work which Handel composed for the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden afterhis contract with the King’s Theatre, Haymarket ran out in mid-1734.
“Ariodante” stands out amongst Handel’s opera works by means of its combination of excellent and challenging music coupled with afirst-class plot. There is probably no other Handel opera which contains such a wealth of striking and catchy arias as are found in the first act of “ Ariodante ” alone. The three wide-ranging arias composed forthecastrato Carestini are amongst the greatest bravura pieces.
The plot is based on an episode in Ariosto’s epic “ Orlando furioso ” (1516). The central event of the drama, the trick with which Duke Polinesso convinces hiscommander Ariodante that Ginevra is unfaithful, was also used by Shakespeare in “Much Ado About Nothing”.
The Vocal score is based on Donald Burrows’ 2007 Urtext edition in the “Halle Handel” Edition (Series II/32). Ittherefore reflects the latest in musicological research.
- Based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition
- Straightforward and easy-to-play Piano reduction
- Original Italian text with German singingtranslation
| Instrument | Opera |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Vocal partitur |
| Sidor | 250 |
| Media | Noter |
| Bidragsgivare | Friedrich Hä ndel, Georg(Composer) |
| ISMN | 9790006532858 |