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Faramondo

By George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)

Recordings

Handel. Faramondo. (HWV 39, London 1738). Vox3 7536 (3 CDs 1996). Rudolf Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra. Faramondo: D'Anna Fortunato, Clotilde: Julianne Baird, Gernando: Drew Minter, Rosimonda: Jennifer Lane, Adolfo: Mary Ellen Callahan, Gustavo: Peter Castaldi, Childerico: Lorie Gratis, Teobaldo: Mark Singer. Another loser from Vox/Newport, possibly keeping something better off the market. Reinhard Strohm demonstrated the close relationship of Handel's Faramondo to Gasparini's opera on a similar libretto. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Related Operas

Francesco Gasparini. Faramondo (Rome 1720). Basis for Handel's opera in text and music.

Pollarolo. Faramondo (Venice 1699). The original setting of Zeno's libretto.

References

Winton Dean. Handel's Operas, 1726-1741 (Boydell Press 2006).

R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts"; "Francesco Gasparini's later operas and Handel". Essays on Handel and the Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985).

Links

Le magazine de l'opera-baroque page on Faramondo