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Home » Composers » German Composers » GF Handel » Handel Operas » Siroe Siroe, Rè di PersiaBy George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel) Recordings
Related OperasDomenico Sarri. Siroe (Naples 1727). This version of the text, used by Handel, was personally influenced by Metastasio. Other composers who set the libretto in 1726-27 were Vinci, Porta, Porpora, and Vivaldi. ReferencesWinton Dean. Handel's Operas, 1726-1741 (Boydell Press 2006). R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts." Essays on Handel and the Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985). LinksLe magazine de l'opera-baroque page on Siroe
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