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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Giove in Argo

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Personal name headingHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Giove in Argo
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Variant(s)Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Jupiter in Argos
Form of workOperas
Beginning date1739
Thematic index no.HWV A¹⁴
Found inHandel, George Frideric. Giove in Argo, ℗2013: label (Giove in Argo) booklet (Giove in Argo = Jupiter in Argos; opera in three acts; libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini; first performed at the King's Theatre, London, 1 May 1739; HWV A14; performed here in a reconstruction with additional recitatives by John H. Roberts; compiled by Handel from his own compositions, with two arias from Francesco Araja's opera Lucio Vero and several numbers newly-composed by Handel; a contemporary newspaper account indicates that the performance was a fully staged opera (rather than a serenata); only the English title is found in Handel's autograph and the printed libretto)
Grove music online, September 26, 2013 (Operas: A¹⁴, Giove in Argo (Jupiter in Argos); libretto adapted from A.M. Lucchini; pasticcio semi-staged; new recits., 5 arias and final chorus; 1739)
Bell, A. Craig. Handel, 1972 (121. Jupiter in Argos, dramatical composition; libretto: Antonio Maria Lucchini; completed 1739; almost all the music is taken from earlier works, in particular Imeneo)
Händel-Handbuch (A¹⁴. Jupiter in Argos; composizione drammatica in tre atti (Pasticcio aus eigenen Werken und Neukompositionen); libretto, Giove in Argo, by Antonio Maria Lucchini)
Halle Handel edition, WWW site, September 26, 2013 (Giove in Argo/Jupiter in Argos, HWV A14, composizione drammatica in tre atti (pasticcio), London 1739; text: unknown librettist after Antonio Maria Lucchini; edition: BA 4084)
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