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the quality of the score, especially the first two acts, is remarkably high, but it shows less careful organization than most of the later operas. He also states that the tonal design seems off balance. The conception of an opera as a coherent structural organism was slow to capture Handel's
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on 25 May 1715. Exceptional care was lavished on the production, which was a success. The King attended several performances. The opera received a known minimum of 17 further performances in London until 1717. In act 2, Amadigi addresses the
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maintained near the end of the eighteenth century: Amadigi contained "...more invention, variety and good composition, than in any one of the musical dramas of Handel which I have yet carefully and critically examined".
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386:Water Music
377:Winton Dean
247:Bärenreiter
168:Water Music
147:, a French
2827:Categories
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1655:Alessandro
1606:Floridante
1370:12 October
1282:12 October
1256:12 October
1190:Olyrix.com
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828:"Handel's
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409:Voice type
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314:Abbey Hall
212:librettist
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63:Librettist
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2003:Structure
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1802:Faramondo
1760:Ariodante
1697:Partenope
1641:Rodelinda
1634:Tamerlano
1592:Radamisto
1538:Agrippina
1272:"Preface"
862:, p. 255.
597:Patagonia
561:Holy Land
469:contralto
349:, Paris.
310:OsnabrĂĽck
274:Haymarket
180:Haymarket
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21:L'Amadigi
2791:Category
2179:Cantatas
2116:Theodora
2060:Hercules
2018:Part III
1837:Deidamia
1795:Berenice
1788:Giustino
1774:Atalanta
1648:Scipione
1510:Florindo
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603:Synopsis
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563:and the
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480:Orgando
465:Dardano
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418:Amadigi
279:cavatina
245:, which
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108:, London
91:Premiere
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2455:sonatas
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2298:Anthems
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2109:Solomon
2102:Susanna
2013:Part II
1997:Messiah
1969:Athalia
1962:Deborah
1908:Alceste
1781:Arminio
1732:Orlando
1718:Sosarme
1683:Tolomeo
1545:Rinaldo
1531:Rodrigo
1437:Operone
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1169:30 July
1143:14 June
1117:13 June
1025:12 June
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645:Melissa
633:Paladin
557:Romania
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437:Oriana
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322:Amadigi
292:Rinaldo
272:in the
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222:, with
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191:History
178:in the
162:Amadigi
97: (
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2838:Operas
2721:London
2651:Gideon
2279:Gloria
2088:Joshua
2046:Semele
2039:Samson
2008:Part I
1955:Esther
1830:Imeneo
1767:Alcina
1753:Oreste
1725:Catone
1662:Admeto
1620:Flavio
1613:Ottone
1524:Almira
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637:Thrace
589:AmadĂs
577:AmadĂs
306:Oriana
2812:Audio
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2644:Nabal
2629:Other
2445:Flute
1901:Comus
1816:Serse
1676:Siroe
1571:Silla
1564:Teseo
1163:(PDF)
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753:arias
739:Notes
679:Act 3
651:Act 2
627:Act 1
405:Role
393:Roles
353:Music
298:Teseo
241:, by
41:Opera
2747:Will
2598:Opus
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1394:ISBN
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