Handel, G.F. (1685-1759) - Rinaldo - Lascia ch'io pianga - Magdalena Kožená, Marcon

'Lascia ch'io pianga' is an aria from 'Rinaldo', composed by Georg Friedrich Händel in early part of 1711, performed by Magdalena Kožená and Orchestra Barocca di Venezia.

* 'Lascia ch'io pianga'

Magdalena Kožená
Orchestra Barocca di Venezia
Conducted by Andrea Marcon

Au Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles

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Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759):

George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. Handel was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. He received critical musical training in Italy before settling in London and becoming a naturalised British subject.

His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. He was strongly influenced by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

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Rinaldo:

Rinaldo is an opera by George Frideric Handel composed in 1711, and was the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage. The libretto was prepared by Giacomo Rossi from a scenario provided by Aaron Hill, and the work was first performed at the Queen's Theatre in London's Haymarket on 24 February 1711. The story of love, battle and redemption set at the time of the First Crusade is loosely based on Torquato Tasso's epic poem Gerusalemme liberata ("Jerusalem Delivered"), and its staging involved many original and vivid effects. It was a great success with the public, despite negative reactions from literary critics hostile to the contemporary trend towards Italian entertainment in English theatres.

Handel went on to dominate opera in England for several decades. Rinaldo was revived in London regularly up to 1717, and a revised version was presented in 1731. The opera was also shown in several European cities; of all Handel's musical dramas, Rinaldo was the most frequently performed during his lifetime. However, after 1731 the opera was not staged for more than 200 years, until a renewed interest in baroque opera during the 20th century led to the first professional modern production in Handel's birthplace, Halle, Germany, in 1954. The opera was mounted sporadically over the following thirty years, but after a successful run at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1984, performances and recordings of the work have become more frequent worldwide.

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