Xerse (Xerxes) is an opera in three acts by Giovanni Bononcini. It was designated as a dramma per musica. The libretto was written by Silvio Stampiglia...
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operas, Xerse, parodied material in an earlier setting of that opera by Francesco Cavalli, including the aria "Ombra mai fu". Bononcini's Xerse was in...
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libretto was written by Nicolò Minato and was later set by both Giovanni Bononcini (Xerse, 1694) and George Frideric Handel (Serse, 1738). Minato's plot outline...
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best-known pieces. Handel adapted the aria from the setting by Giovanni Bononcini, who, in turn, adapted it from the setting by Francesco Cavalli. All three...
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Giovanni Bononcini, 1692) Xerse (set by Giovanni Bononcini, 1694) Tullo Ostilio (Giovanni Bononcini, 1694) Muzio Scevola (Giovanni Bononcini, 1695) Il...
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continuo Tomaso Albinoni – Zenobia, Regina de' Palmireni Giovanni Bononcini – Xerse Henri Desmarets – Circé John Eccles – Macbeth Francesco Gasparini...
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of Persia Johann Christian Bach: Temistocle Giovanni Bononcini: Xerse Francesco Cavalli: Xerse George Frideric Handel: Serse Hugo Weisgall: Esther Xiphares...
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Perti: Pompeo Magno used by Francesco Cavalli, Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel: Xerse used by Antonio Draghi: Leonida in Tegea, La tirannide...
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Rodrigo (1984) Christoph Willibald Gluck: Armide (1985) Francesco Cavalli: Xerse (1985) Francesco Cavalli: Pulcheria (1986) Francesco Cavalli: L'Orontea...
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(1745–1799): L'amant anonyme Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726): Griselda Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747): Muzio Scevola, Xerse, Griselda, Almahide, Camilla Alexander...
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