Flavio
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Flavio, re di Longobardi (or 'Flavio, King of the Lombards') is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Matteo Noris's Il Flavio Cuniberto.
It was Handel's fourth opera for the Royal Academy of Music.
[edit] Performance history
The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 14 May 1723 and revived on 18 April 1732. There were no further revivals until it was rediscovered and performed in Göttingen on 2 July 1969.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere 1723 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Flavio | alto castrato | Gaetano Berenstadt |
| Guido | alto castrato | Senesino |
| Emilia | soprano | Francesca Cuzzoni |
| Vitige | soprano | Margherita Durastanti |
| Teodata | mezzo-soprano | Anastasia Robinson |
| Lotario | bass | Giuseppe Maria Boschi |
| Ugone | tenor | Alexander Gordon |
[edit] Sources
Flavio by Anthony Hicks, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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