Teseo, HWV 9 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Composition Year 1712-12-19
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 7 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Italian language; For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); For trumpet, harpsichord, strings (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For strings with soloists (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Prelude (Act I, Scene 2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#433668 - 2.63MB - 2:52 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 60×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/5)

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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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#433669 - 2.63MB - 2:52 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 50×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/5)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#634440 - 185.32MB, 159 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 108×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Editor Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)
Publisher. Info. [London]: Unidentified publisher, n.d.[1788]. Plate No.30-34.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Volume 9 of Arnold's 'The Works of Handel'
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 Complete Score
#18978 - 22.65MB, 126 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5485×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

 Complete Score
#1026835 - 6.97MB, 117 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 0×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2026/3/31)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 60
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1874. Plate H.W. 60.
Reprinted Kalmus Miniature Score Series, No.1292
New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
#108328 - 19.40MB, 74 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 561×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (c.1706–1773)
Johann Gottlieb Morgenstern (1687–1763)
Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1720-35).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-12
Schrank II coll.
3 movements by an unknown composer follow the ouverture.
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Aria: Moriro (Act V, sc.1)

 Oboe
#326923 - 0.03MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 425×⇩ - Oboenils

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⇒ 4 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)

 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)
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Vocal Scores

Selections

 Act IV, Sc.5. Agilea: Amarti si vorrei (D minor, original key)
#348014 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1776×⇩ - IgorCello

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 Act IV, Sc.5. Agilea: Amarti si vorrei (C minor, transposed)
#348015 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 878×⇩ - IgorCello

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Editor Mikhail Firsov
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Harpsichord

Addfilenum[1]

See: 65 Keyboard Pieces, D-Dl Mus.1-T-6

Prelude (Act I, Scene 2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Parts
#433664 - 0.45MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 205×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#433665 - 1.23MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 71×⇩ - Michrond

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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#433666 - 0.23MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 199×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#433667 - 0.59MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 69×⇩ - Michrond

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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Sibilando ululando

For Piano (Duncan)

 Complete Score
#547591 - 0.08MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 270×⇩ - Parsonstreet

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Arranger Andrew Paul Duncan (b. 1976)
Publisher. Info. Andrew Paul Duncan
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Librettos

 Complete Libretto (1713)
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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1713 Audience Libretto transcribed for convenient modern use.
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 Italian Text (1713)
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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Exact transcription of the Italian pages in the 1713 Audience Libretto, including rubrics and corrections not shown in the complete libretto above.
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 English Translation (1713)
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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language English
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Misc. Notes Exact transcription of the English pages in the 1713 Audience Libretto. In the complete libretto above the English text has been modified in places to allow parallel reading.
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General Information

Work Title Teseo
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Θησέας (όπερα του Χαίντελ)
Name Aliases Theseus
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176445078; LCCN: no2003005458; GND: 300327226; BNF: 139137109
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 9
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 497
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1712-12-19
First Performance. 1713-1-10 in London, Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket
Teseo: Valeriano Pellegrini, called "Valeriano" (soprano-castrato)
Agilea: Francesca Margherita de l'Épine, called "La Margherita" (soprano)
Medea: Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, called "Pilotti" (soprano)
Egeo: Valentino Urbani, called "Valentini" (alto-castrato)
Clizia: Maria Gallia (soprano)
Arcane: Jane Barbier (contralto)
Priest of Minerva: Richard Leveridge (bass)
Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym (1678–1729), after Philippe Quinault (1635–1688) [1675]
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Voices
Teseo [Theseus] (soprano castrato)
King Egeo [Aegeus] (alto castrato)
Princess Agilea (soprano)
Clizia (soprano)
Arcane (contralto)
Medea (soprano)
Priest of the goddess Minerva (bass)

Orchestra

2 oboes, strings, continuo
External Links Wikipedia article
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