George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (1685 – 1759)
was a German-British Baroque composer well known for
his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and
organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle
and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before
settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of
his career and became a naturalised British subject in
1727. He was strongly influenced both by the
middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by
composers of the Italian Bar...(+)
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (1685 – 1759)
was a German-British Baroque composer well known for
his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and
organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle
and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before
settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of
his career and became a naturalised British subject in
1727. He was strongly influenced both by the
middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by
composers of the Italian Baroque. In turn, Handel's
music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque"
style, bringing Italian opera to its highest
development, creating the genres of English oratorio
and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into
English church music. He is consistently recognized as
one of the greatest composers of his age.
Silla (full title Lucio Cornelio Silla, HWV 10) is an
opera seria (referred to as a dramma per musica) in
three acts by George Frideric Handel. The
Italian-language libretto was by Giacomo Rossi. The
story concerns the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius
Sulla (138–78 BC) as recounted by Plutarch. The opera
appears to have been a pièce d'occasion, which may
have been performed only once. The music was recycled
in Handel's later opera Amadigi di Gaula.
The first performance might have been on 2 June 1713. A
dedication from the librettist, Rossi, to the French
ambassador, the Duc d'Aumont, appears with that date in
a printed copy of the libretto. There may have been a
private performance at the Queen's Theatre, London.
However according to the Amadeus Almanac, the
performance took place at Burlington House. The opera
has been performed in modern times, for instance at the
London Handel Festival in 2000, at the Handel Festival,
Halle in 2015, and at the Leeds Opera Festival in 2022.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo_(opera)).
Although originally scored for Violino, Alto & Bassi I
created this Interpretation of the Aria "La vendetta è
un cibo al cor" from "Silla" (HWV 10 Act 2 No. 9) for
Oboe & Piano.
SHEET MUSIC