Opera in three acts-Handel s Agrippina HWV 6 was performed with great success at the 2015 International Handel Festival in Göttingen (Germany) using the new Bärenreiter edition including the performance material and this vocal score.Agrippina is the last opera that Handel completed and premiered in Italy. The excellent libretto is one of the few original opera libretti that he set to music. The plot is tightly constructed the characters sharply etched and equipped with a wide range of human emotions. Agrippina is married to her third husband the Roman emperor Claudius. After he is presumed dead she attempts with deception andintrigue to place her son Nero on the throne.The vocal score includes all the numbers from the appendix of the full score. These were used either during the successful Venetian series of performances in 1709/10 or were deleted or replaced by other numbers versions and variants.Urtext edition based on the Halle Handel EditionPerformance material available for hireHardback full score (BA4092-01) and paperback vocal score (BA4092-90) available for saleVocal scores includes:- A singing translation in German- Extensive bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng)- Idiomatic uncluttered Piano reduction
SKU: HF.FH-5101
ISBN 9790203451013. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
1. O tapfrer Furst aus dem Oratorium Belsazar HWV 61; 2. Wenn es gebeut im Donnerschall aus dem Oratorium Jephtha HWV 70; 3. Aus dem Dunkel des nachtlichen Grauens aus der Oper Tamerlano HWV 18, 4. Glucklich befreit, ertonet wieder aus der Oper Agrippina HWV 6; 5. Alles Leid vergangner Zeiten aus der Oper Ricardo I. HWV 23; 6. Nach all den dustern Studen aus der Oper Rodelinda HWV 19.
