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𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞 (1699–1783) was a 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 of the 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 era, especially famous for his 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 and 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐟, near Hamburg, he first worked as a singer before studying composition…

# **Handel - Lotario - Attilio Cremonesi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-144573739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-144573739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. A Turbulent Operatic Climate in London (1729) and the End of an Era** When Handel composed *Lotario*, he was navigating one of the…

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗻 (𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀) - Part 1 Few orchestras in the world possess a history as long, continuous and inseparably connected…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟰: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡 (𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟬𝘀–𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟬𝘀) By the beginning of the 1720s, Handel had passed beyond the stage of being merely a brilliant foreign composer in England.…

# **Johann Adolf Hasse — Anecdotes and Curiosities from His Life ** **Johann Adolf Hasse** was born on **25 March 1699** and died on **16 December 1783**. The German who reinvented himself as an…

# **Handel - Siroe, Re di Persia - Opera - 1728 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-145976459?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-145976459?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **George Frideric Handel — *****Siroe, Re di Persia*** **Genre:** Opera seria **Librettist:** Pietro Metastasio **First performance:** 17 February…