- Partenope
:"For other uses, see
Parthenope "Handel operas"Partenope" is an
opera byGeorge Frideric Handel composed in 1730 with an Italian libretto by Silvio Stampiglia. It was Handel's first comic opera which broke away from theOpera Seria tradition. TheRoyal Academy of Music rejected the work because of its frivolous nature, with relatively few extended arias and more recitative.Roles
ynopsis
Prince Arsace of Corinth and Prince Armindo of Rhodes are seeking Queen Partenope, the founder of the city of
Naples , in marriage. A third prince, Emilio of Cumae, is at war with Naples and with Partenope. Partenope is primarily attracted to Arsace. However, she does not know that Arsace has previously abandoned Rosmira, who is disguised as a man named Eurimene, and is trying to win him back. Rosmira, confronts him as Eurimene and harasses him for his faithlessness, and demands that he keep her true identity secret. Ultimately, Rosmira/Eurimene challenges her lover to a duel in a court of honour, but her identity is revealed when he demands the condition that they fight stripped to the waist. [Dean, Winton, "Music in London: Handel Operas" (January 1984). "The Musical Times", 125 (1691): pp. 36-37.]elected recordings
Harmonia Mundi IC 157-99 855-8: Kristzina Laki, Helga Müller Molinari,
René Jacobs , John York Skinner, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe; La Petite Bande;Sigiswald Kuijken , conductor. [Anderson, Nicholas, Review of recording of "Partenope" (July 1981). "Early Music", 9 (3): pp. 385, 387.] [Dean, Winton, "Record Reviews: "Partenope" . (April 1980). "The Musical Times", 121 (1646): pp. 251-252.] [cite journal | url=http://oq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/2/1/158 | last=Pendle | first=Karin | title="Partenope". George Frideric Handel | journal=The Opera Quarterly | volume=2 | issue=1 | pages=158–159 | date=1984 | accessdate=2007-10-12 | doi=10.1093/oq/2.1.158] [cite journal | url=http://oq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/3/3/189 | last=Jellinek | first=George | title="Partenope". George Frideric Handel | journal=The Opera Quarterly | volume=3 | issue=3 | pages=189–190 | date=1985 | accessdate=2007-10-12]Notes
References
*citation|first=Winton|last=Dean|title=Handel's Operas, 1726-1741|publisher=Boydell Press|year=2006
id=ISBN 1843832682 The second of the two volume definitive reference on the operas of Handel
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