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Well, the plot of Handel’s 1736 Arminio is no worse than many others, and at least we have no returning general/fiancé/son dressed as a woman
Hasse was a major 18th century composer, up there with Handel. He was married to the even more famous soprano, Faustina Bordoni; they were what
Handel’s Alessandro is practically a comic opera despite having as its hero the not-particularly-amusing Alexander the Great. Rather than focusing on his warrior image, the
First presented in 1734, Oreste isn’t quite an “opera” by Handel. Rather, it’s a pastiche, albeit put together by the composer himself for the cast
